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Friday, January 21, 2011
Thoughts on node.js and Haskell
Many web servers (e.g. Tomcat, Apache) dedicate a thread to every open connection. When a web request comes in, a thread is either created fresh or, if possible, dequeued from a thread pool. The thread performs some computation and I/O, and the thread scheduler puts it to sleep when it blocks for I/O or when it exceeds its quantum. This works well enough, but as more and more threads are created to handle simultaneous connections, the paradigm starts to break down: each new thread adds some overhead, and a large enough number of simultaneous connections will grind the server to a halt.
As you can see, all I/O operations accept a callback as their final argument. Instead of a series of calls that happen to block, we explicitly handle each case where an I/O request completes, giving us code consisting of nested callbacks.
In addition to reducing the strain placed on a system by a large number of threads, this approach also removes the need for thread synchronization - everything is happening in rapid sequence, rather than in parallel, so race conditions and deadlock are not a concern. The disadvantages are that any runaway CPU computation will hose your server (there's only one thread, after all) and that you must write your code in an extremely unnatural style to get it to work at all. The slogan of this blog used to be a famous Olin Shivers quote: "I object to doing things computers can do" - and explicitly handling I/O responses certainly falls into the category of Things a Computer Should Do.
Anyway, this got me thinking about how Haskell could take advantage of the asynchronous I/O paradigm. I was delighted to find that others were thinking the same thing. As it happens, the new I/O manager in GHC 7 uses async I/O behind the scenes - so your existing code with blocking calls automatically takes advantage of the better scalability of asynchronous I/O. The Snap framework has published benchmarks that show it handling about 150% more requests per second than node.js:
But what's even nicer is that there's no need to contort your code to get this performance. Snap and the underlying GHC I/O manager completely abstract away the asynchronous nature of what I'm doing. I don't need to set callbacks because the I/O manager is handling that under the covers. I pretend I'm using blocking I/O and the I/O manager takes care of everything else. I get some defense against long-running computations (because more than one thread is processing the incoming events) and, most importantly, I can write code in what I consider a saner style.
The catch is that most I/O libraries are not designed for asynchronous I/O. So, network and other I/O calls made at the Haskell level will work appropriately, but external libraries (say, MySQL) are often written with blocking I/O at the C level, which can negate some of the scalability gains from asynchronous I/O.
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The same could be said for Erlang. The way I see it, Node.js is not providing us with a sane programming model however it brings high-scalability in the real world. Other languages must follow. Node.js is increasing the pressure.ReplyDelete
I've worked with asynchronous framework for a while. Based on my experience, I found that when multiple asynchronous calls are involved in handled one user request, it's a mess. Callbacks after callbacks make it's difficult to see the business process by reading the code. So I agree gawi that Node.js is not providing us with a sane programming model however it brings high-scalability.ReplyDelete
You're absolutely right in that external libraries which make blocking calls can negate some of the gains. The beauty of the GHC I/O manager design is that we can still use those libraries. In most async frameworks you need to rewrite every single library that makes blocking system calls to work with the framework, otherwise the event dispatch thread will get blocked. In GHC you can do so only when you need to due to performance reasons. The way GHC manages this feat is by having a small (dynamically resized) thread pool per core that gets used for blocking calls.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 23, 2011 at 1:17 AM
In that case, Warp should be even faster, according to these benchmarks:ReplyDelete
The GHC IO manager was always async, the new one just uses epoll instead of select.ReplyDelete
I took a hard look at Node.JS, while I don't think it will be the next big thing I think they did break some new ground on a few points and that is useful.ReplyDelete
I also think it is useful to every so often say "hey lets try something different and see if it works better". And of course you don't know if it will until you try it for a while.
To Peter and Bill,ReplyDelete
Since events and threads are dual, it trivial to get a cooperative multithreading environment built on top of node.js.
To do this, systematically CPS transform your code. You don't have to CPS transform every little thing. You just need to pass in the continuation as the callback to the asynchronous calls, and any function that does this is itself asynchronous. From the perspective of the cooperative multithreading system, the asynchronous calls are the blocking calls. I recommend using a monad to handle this CPS transforming, but that is not necessary.
Now all you need is forking and perhaps synchronization. The fork operation simply adds its argument to a ready queue. Now you simply wrap all the (primitive) asynchronous calls with a function that registers that passed in continuation and then dequeues a new continuation from the ready queue and executes that, or, if the ready queue is empty, it returns to node.js. Since this is a cooperative system, you'll likely need a yield operation which would clearly be "blocking". There are at least two that you'd want. A "soft" one simply enqueues the continuation its given and dequeues a new one. A "hard" one which registers its continuation as an "on idle" or "on timeout" event handler. MVars or channels are easy to implement in this context.
The fact that Javascript doesn't guarantee TCO is not a big problem here. As long as you make a "blocking" call in every loop, using yield if necessary, the stack growth will be bounded. Compute-intensive workloads will need to have yields sprinkled to guarantee responsiveness.
This is more or less what GHC is doing where the calls to yield are in the memory allocator. As this and GHC demonstrate, there is nothing inherently faster (or slower) about using events rather than threads.


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Lauren, Traci and all the guys at AA Auto Tech ALWAYS give me such great service. I know how busy they are and yet they always get me right in when I need an oil change. I know that I can trust them to give me the best advise when it comes to my vehicle. Thank-you!
You guys are awesome!
Excellent work and very fast as always.
As always, great and prompt service.
Excellent customer service and repair on my vehicle in very timely fashion.
Always go over and above. I love your service it is top notch.
Just like to said is the best shop to bring my car to get fix.
Love this shop would not go anywhere else, they treat you like family and its no hassle service. I don't feel like I am getting jerked around - they are straight forward as to what is going on with your car...love that, keep up the good work!!
they always seem to fit me in for tire rotations and oil changes. I can always depend on them when I need something done with my car. Unlike the few other places that told me it was going to be a two hour wait to rotate my tires.......
Great service!!!
Fast and great services!
always friendly, and do a great job!!
Always helpful and their work is exellent
Service was amazing......Awesome work at a great price!!!
Loren & staff are always so friendly & do great work!
Once again I am very impressed with the service at AA Auto Tech. I was able to schedule my apt within a day and was treated wonderfully by the professional staff. I will recommend that family and friends go to AA Auto Tech for any of their auto needs!! It's nice to know you can trust the individuals providing auto services, when you yourself are not familiar with the topic! Thanks to all of the staff for their dedication and excellent customer service!!
Excellent customer service! I can always rely on excellent service for my vehicle!!!
Awesome service, awesome people! You can't ask for any better than these guys! They are upfront with you on what needs to be done, and they do the work promptly, and it doesn't cost you an arm and a leg in the process. They know what they're doing, and they do it well.
You guys always do such a great job and we really appreiciate the quick turnaround!!
Awesome experience every time. Very efficient and excellent fast service.
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Best car repair shop in Twin Cities metro area. Been ripped off by many mechanics, but AA is not that way. Been taking our cars to them for 2+ years and could not imagine taking vehicles to anyone else--EVER!
Everyone is so friendly, they know you by name and give the best, and most honest advice when it comes to your car. I love this place!
A friend recommended AA auto technicians when I was looking for a new place to get oil changes I thought I would try them out and it was at least $12 cheaper then the place I was going to and the staff is very friendly, honest and their prices are competitive. I will continue to have all of my auto work done by them.
I always have excellent service~Thanks so much~
AA Auto Tech has always given top service in a friendly way. I trust them with my car, and I have never been disappointed.
Great friendly service and knowledge of issue of vehicle. Thank you!
I love this place!! They are always friendly and, above all, honest, which is very important to a single female, such as myself.
Iv'e had nothing but good experiences with AA Auto. Tracy and Loren are always willing to talk about options for your vehicle, fix the problem in a timely manner, and charge a reasonable price. Very highly recommended.
We love AA Auto Technincians Inc!
Great Service. Fair Price. Very Customer Friendly!!!
Repeat Customer.....I'm always pleased with the service I receive.
always a good experience, Tracy and Lauren are the best in Hastings. I won't take my car anywhere else. They are like family.
Friendly, fair priced, technical service.
I was out and about in Hastings and a few city blocks away from AA Tech when my car would not start - it just "clicked" when I tried to start it. I called AA - I had used them before and had confidence in them. When you are "stuck" somewhere, that is a very good feeling! Lauren sent a couple young men to where I was. They jumped my battery, took me to the shop, battery was checked, determined it was bad, new battery ordered, delivered right away, battery was replaced, alternator checked, and I was on my way. I expected to be charged something for the "rescue" when they came to pick me up. It was their manpower and time spent, but there was no charge. I was very grateful and appreciated all of this so much. The entire staff at AA Tech has always been very helpful. I am grateful for the whole crew! I was leery of mechanic's shops and would go regularly to the dealership for service. Initially because of convenience, I started using AA Tech and I feel very comfortable there - - They are honest, work is fairly priced and they are timely with service - what more could I ask!
I am a widow and I NEED people I can depend on & trust to keep my car and truck running great. My son in law told me about them and now that's the only place I go. Great people & Great service. Very pleased.....
I love coming here. The shop treats everyone like family. Very kind and friendly. Tracy and her 2 dogs are wonderful. All are willing to go out of their way to help you. Often can get in without an appointment for oil changes or quick things. Prices are fair and reasonable. I won't go anywhere else.
Love your business. Always a great price. People are very friendly (which is very important to me). Great work. Will be back.
Love your business. Always a great price. People are very friendly (which is very important to me). Great work. Will be back.
My experience with everyone at Auto Tech was wonderful. They are very friendly and timely with there work. They did their best to keep the cost down and were very honest about everything.
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text: We have all been there where our car or trucks check engine light comes on. It is one of the worst feelings you can experience especially if it is completely out of a blue.  Some people will put off addressing their check engine light in faint hope that it just disappears like some kind of miracle. Has anybody ever had that feeling? Well latest reports from the annual CarMD Vehicle Health index reinforces what most of us already know. That hope of it disappearing is just making it worse. The longer you leave a check engine light repair unattended, the more damage it can cause potentially. It can cause you to get less miles per gallon and cause greater damage to your vehicle down the road. It is important to get out of that mindset of fear and go address the problem as soon as you can get scheduled. Here are some common check engine light repairs that you may be dealing with; Replace O2 sensor(s) Replace Catalytic Converter Inspect fuel cap and tighten it or replace it if necessary. Replace thermostat Replace fuel injector Of course, these are just some of the potential causes. But notice number 3 on the list. Sometimes it can be something as simple (and inexpensive) as tightening your fuel cap. So, all that fear, and worry has been over nothing.  These check engine light issues tap into a greater problem we deal with in the automotive industry of regular recommended maintenance. If you stay up to date with your cars recommendations and have a trustworthy mechanic, BIG repair costs can be avoided in the future. Some of these bigger repairs can be very costly but it is still important to address the situation as early as possible and find out a way to solve the problem.  If your check engine light is on, then please call our stores and our staff will be happy to go over any concerns for you.  If you have any other blog topics you would like us to address, please comment below and we will be happy to write something for you.


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What are marketing and sales objectives for entrepreneurs?
The first objective of any business venture is to figure out how to gain paying customers. A great product without customers is not a business, though it may be a little more than a science project. Marketing involves increasing customer awareness, delivering a well-thought-out message about your product or service, and identifying customer prospects. Sales involves various efforts to convince those potential customers to buy your product.
According to Steve Wynn, who sold his Mirage Resorts in Las Vegas to MGM for $4.4 billion in 2000, "Marketing is about getting through the clutter, telling your story; why you have a better product than the others." And Edward Iacobucci, founder of Citrix told us it in a matter-of-fact manner, "Nothing happens until you sell something."
Just like an effective strategic plan helps you focus on your competitive positioning relative to your chosen "battleground," your marketing strategy helps you understand your effectiveness of your marketing and customer relationship management efforts. After all, as we discuss here, your venture does not compete in a vacuum, you need customers to survive.
There are five basic steps to preparing your marketing strategy:
- Choose a market entry strategy for each niche you intend to serve.
- Set objectives for each target market.
- Design a sales program for each one.
- Implement and manage the marketing strategy.
- Set metrics; measure, control, and adjust as you go.
Growth in your venture can only come from your marketing team's efforts. Marketing and marketing strategy wins 90 to 95 percent of the time over any other activities. And investors know this. They will go with an "A" marketing team and strategy with a "B" product and technology strategy over an "A" product and technology strategy with a "B" marketing team and strategy.
Three Types of Marketing Objectives
It is very important to pick your fight carefully, which means finding the right niche, driving the opportunity to reality, converting lead users, working on expanding the niche, and then working on controlling and protecting the niche. As William F. Miller, professor at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, points out, "You control your fate by controlling your market. Once an entrepreneur focuses on gaining control of his or her market, all other desired outcomes follow."
The marketing and sales functions are central to your business success; without them everything else becomes irrelevant. Your marketing strategy is based on the results of your market research, feedback from your beta users, and a good "rule-of-thumb" insight from the domain experts on your team. Establishing marketing objectives help you prepare and focus for action. As Louis Pasteur once said, "Where observation is concerned, chance favors only the prepared mind."
An objective is something that you prepare in advance. It indicates something that you want to accomplish. An objective should indicate a desired level of performance. It should be understood how each objective will be measured, and who will be responsible for meeting it. Setting good marketing objectives will be one of your venture team's prime responsibilities. The task is very demanding, because it requires close coordination among all of your team's members, who must work in close synchronization to ensure that all objectives correspond to your business strategy and mission.
Every sales opportunity that you are tracking should drive some kind of incremental value to the overall value of your venture. In addition to measuring the basic objectives, like an estimated closing date, probability of closing, and the revenue, each sale should bring.
1. Technical Objectives
These sales are especially important for high-tech ventures lower on the food chain. Could be making a sale to someone to help work out the kinks in your pre-production "hack-model," your production line, and/or delivery of product. In exchange, these customers could be getting the product priced at a discount for having them assist in the development and providing feedback.
2. Strategic Objectives
More important for ventures a little higher up on the food chain. This could be going out and getting the "low-hanging fruit." Could be used to get traction in one niche, knowing that you can use this as leverage to gain access to more financially viable customers. Could also go after early adopters in special user groups to increase industry awareness and help provide "referenceability" when soliciting marquee customers down the road. Could be sales activities that will lead to high-quality customers and streams of strong recurring revenues. Could be defensive too, to prevent others from having direct access to the best customers. A simple example is like giving away razors to sell razor blades later on.
3. Financial Objectives
The one most associated with sales objectives; cash flow and making money. A word of note: If you are getting into full production of a product or service, made it through the Hillary Step and survived, and targeting the right customer with the right product, then there is no reason why you should not be charging a full premium on your product. As William Cockrum, entrepreneurial finance professor at Anderson School of Management at UCLA states, "New companies, afraid of losing a sale, often under-price their products." And still, a start-up's best source of raising capital is from internally generated funds from sales.
As Tom Siebel says, "Sales is often an overlooked opportunity." Finally, for a venture suffering from any one of the common maladies, listen to Mark Cuban, co-founder of Broadcast.com and now owner of the Dallas Mavericks professional basketball team. He told us, "Sales cures all."
Characteristics of Good Marketing Objectives
Well-stated marketing and sales objectives possess several important characteristics.
When evaluating your objectives consider the following questions:
– Who is responsible for approving the objectives?
– Is each objective relevant to overall results?
– Is each objective consistent with the other marketing objectives and with non-marketing objectives as well?
– Does each objective provide a clear guide to accomplishment?
– Has the objective been quantified and a time frame specified?
– Is the objective realistic, and is there a reasonable chance of meeting it?
– Is responsibility for each objective assigned to someone inside the venture?
– Are joint responsibilities indicated?
– When is the objective scheduled to be reviewed and, if need be, updated or dropped?


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In reaction to my post, an anonymous commenter makes some excellent points about strength, rank, capabilities, technique and the old masters. However, I must disagree with the conclusion of his comment.
Most women just aren't very motivated and they tend to have completely unrealistic expectations about training: yes I want to learn how to defend myself but at the same time I don't want to get my hands dirty or sweat too much. This is just the way things are and there's little one can do about it. Men are by nature more drawn to physical activities and sports and are more likely to take responsibility for their own safety (who else is going to do it?) while most women couldn't care less and will often quit when the going gets tough.
I recognize that the author of the anonymous comment used the words "most women". However, in my experience, the women in the dojo are not worried about getting dirty or sweaty. They are in the dojo because they are taking responsibility for their own safety. Before writing this post, I called several of my female friends and family members and asked the following question. "Who is responsible for your personal safety?" Every woman responded, "I am".
The anonymous comment reminded me of a previous post – Where Are the Men? In this post, I discuss a program taped at a local TV station. The topic of the panel discussion was women and martial arts. A male home viewer called and asked the female panel "Where are the men?" My response was simple – my personal safety and self-protection are my responsibility.
What do you think? Are men more likely to take responsibility for their own safety? Are women in the dojo afraid of sweating or getting dirty? Are men more drawn to physical activities and sports?
I also ask the women who read this blog – Who is responsible for your personal safety?


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Dog owners have rallied for the dog run for the past year, appearing at Community Board 5 meetings and forming an association in favor of the project, which would give dogs a safe haven to roam off leash inside the park.
Now it appears all their efforts may have been wasted.
At CB5's November 18 meeting, Gary Giordano, the board's district manager, made it very clear the chances of creating a dog run are slim at best, and fading fast.
"I don't think there's much of a constituency among the members of the community board who feel comfortable with a permanent dog run," Giordano said at the meeting. "And that's the reality."
Before he spoke, supporters of the dog run explained the need for one, and gave light to their frustration that the issue has still not been decided.
"I don't think that we're any closer than when we first started this issue," said Joe Pisano, president of the Juniper Valley Park Dog Owners Association. "It's taken more than 12 months to decide."
"I really feel that is ridiculous," he added. "A dog park!"
Thomas Scotti, a lifelong Middle Village resident, agreed, saying his dreams of a dog run have been thwarted by CB5's lengthy review process.
Giordano was having none of it, though he did apologize for the year long back-and-forth.
"I can appreciate what you would like," Giordano said, and "I apologize if you've [been] given the run around."
However, he said, there's "not a big constituency for a dog run."
This seemed to signal CB5 would not approve a dog run. On the other hand, giving the dog owners hope, no formal decision on the dog run was made at the meeting.


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Makin' dat money.
President Trump was involved in the decision to overturn years of planning and millions of dollars relocating the FBI headquarters. It would appear he wanted the headquarters to be closer to his new DC hotel, a decision made for personal gain (hoping for big FBI business in the future). "Last year, the Trump Administration inexplicably overturned years of work to move the FBI out of its structurally deficient headquarters and into a new location, wasting thousands of staff hours and millions of taxpayer dollars."


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the really horrible thing about this, is that they tried to screw a man's life up in the process, glorifying in leading him out in handcuffs - they really have no moral values at all, all because of people's natural desire to share music and things that they love.
that is illegal to take air conditioning units before fining them? they could have a public service announcement about the evils of doing this
going to go after football crowds for singing songs at a match or would they be worried they'd have their heads kicked in
Re "Everyone should require a contract which clearly defines the terms of reciprocity before allowing their content to be published."
More work for lawyers and total blocks on bothering to produce any content, could this be any more stifling to creativity?
there are too many lawyers in the world, clamouring for work. Perhaps there should be a curb on the profession?
to know the situation between George Lucas and the many fan created books / programmes. I assume he gets royalties from them and has contracts signed up?
I think people like what they know and don't like change generally so it would take more than that to get them to transfer from google.
It's always thought that the reason people eat shitty food is because it is cheaper, when I think laziness and not wanting to take time to cook is the more important factor, rather than a financial analysis of the options!
I've noticed even youtube seems to have a filtering system which completely blanks any comment voted down enough. It can get a bit annoying though as you can read replies to them and sometimes you wish they'd let you see the comment if you wanted to.
I read that there seemed to be one clause that was meant to remove copyright protection from orphan works, so people could use something when nobody was there to claim copyright, but for some reason this was withdrawn. Seems a shame that the one good thing that could have come out of this was removed
Do you think that defenders of the old system are just too lazy (or crap) to do things differently?
how our Government didn't seem to work so hard to protect other industries
a friend of mine watched Eastenders in front of her 3 year old who 'copied' someone in it and tried to slap her in the face, so should we ban Eastenders? (well don't answer that).
a friend of mine watched Eastenders in front of her 3 year old who 'copied' someone in it and tried to slap her in the face, so should we ban Eastenders? (well don't answer that).
I think a lot of this is down to common sense on the part of parents. My 2 year old gets a bit upset if things get a bit hairy in Chuggington so I'm not about to play Doom 3 in front of him. The games come with age guides so you can choose whether your children should play them.
and I still don't really know what exactly is legal and what isn't, particularly with regards to digital information. I've been on several courses and the upshot of those courses is that there isn't any 'simple' way of telling people what they can and can't do and you have to just hope for the best. Surely simplicity should be the measure of a law which is supposed to be followed by everyone?
One of the most annoying things is, that often you are not allowed to store information which isn't available anywhere to be purchased anyway - so it is just data that is lost to the world.


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The WSJ 's medical health blog talks about general surgeon being the primary care docs for surgery and echoes the thoughts of several bloggers ( see here ) for one who inform us that the ranks of the general surgeon is decreasing much as the primary care docs are seeing refuge elsewhere and for much the same reasons.
Back in day when I was an internist in training we thought about the general surgeon as the other group of "real docs",we internists were the really real docs, all jokes about surgeons notwithstanding.OK, we should have included peds but I think we meant that when someone was "really sick" you would need an internist or a surgeon or both. They would take care of the horrible surgical abdomen patients regardless of what the cause.Perforated bowel, leaking aneurysm,gall bladder, ruptured appendix-all were within their area of expertise. In the strange now forgotten "system" under which we trained the first year medical resident was called to evaluate patients in the area of the hospital that was sort of an ER and sort of a triage out patient area. From time to time there would be a dispute as to whether the patients was "surgical" or "medical". In some of that encounters I would find myself completely out manned facing off with a senior surgery resident who had by that time endured some 4 or 5 years of post MD degree rigorous surgical training. I still admire the skill , confidence and medical expertise of those folks and what they went through to obtain that experience and expertise as I did in practice when I called a general surgeon at 2:00 am .
Fewer freshly minted internists go on to do primary care as more and more become sub-specialists or hospitalists and fewer rookie surgeons go on to do general surgery as more and more do sub-specialty fellowships. Money,control of one's practice and "life style" concerns appear to be the major culprit drivers in this shift as third party payers continue to squeeze the purses and tighten the controls and drain the joy out of being a physician.
I think back attending sick patients and calling in a general surgeon to help sort it out (and sometimes fix it and often follow the patient with me though an often complicated and challenging course in the hospital) and wonder who will be available to play those roles should I be on the other end of the stethoscope and knife. Emmylou Harris's song comes to mind.


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After defeating Mercer 4-3 on Friday, the Lady Bisons were swept by Kennesaw State on Saturday, falling 7-0 at Whitworth Country Club.
"Every conference match is tough and tonight Kennesaw was a good team," women's assistant coach Jamie Aid said. "We will have a good practice this week with our girls and look forward to our next match. Our girls are fighting; they are improving. Friday illustrated we are moving in the right direction with the victory over Mercer."
The Lady Bisons fell to an early 1-0 deficit to start off the match by losing the doubles point 3-0.
Senior Kara Jackson and freshman Alyssa Bellini were defeated at No. 1 by Shkundira and Hotton 8-2, while juniors Danielle Hansen and Elizabeth Keevil fell 8-5 to Palider and Logerkvist at No. 2. At No. 3, senior Julianne McMeen and sophomore Carlina Jow lost to Apostu and Carney 8-3.
The Lady Bisons went on to drop all six of their singles matches and suffer the 7-0 sweep.
Keevil was defeated at No. 1 by Shkundina 6-, 6-1 at the No. 1 singles spot, while Jackson fell at No. 2 to Holton 6-3, 6-4.
Bellini posted the Lady Bisons' best scores for the day, falling just short of taking the first set but going on to lose to Apostu 7-6, 6-3 at No. 3.
At No. 4, Hansen lost 6-3, 6-2 to Palider, and Jow fell 6-0, 6-2 to Lagerkvist at No. 5.
After losing the first set, McMeen fought back to make it a close second set but fell to Carney 6-1, 6-4 at No. 6.
The Lady Bisons are now 1-1 in conference play and 2-6 overall. They will be back in action Tuesday, March 8 when they face UT-Chattanooga at 2 p.m. at the Huston-Marsh-Griffith Tennis Center.
#1 Shkundira & Hotton def. Jackson & Bellini 8-2
#2 Palider & Logerkvist def. Hansen & Keevil 8-5
#3 Apostu & Carney def. Jow & McMeen 8-3
#1 Shkundina def. Keevil 6-0, 6-1
#2 Holton def. Jackson 6-3, 6-4
#3 Apostu def. Bellini 7-6, 6-3
#4 Palider def. Hansen 6-3, 6-2
#5 Lagerkvist def. Jow 6-0, 6-2
#6 Carney def. McMeen 6-1, 6-4
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30 January 2009
Winter Conditions
We are fortunate that we have mod cons and will not suffer long. Let's face it: do we really suffer at all? We have snowploughs and telephones and canned goods. In Canadian cities we have good medical services at times like this. In rural areas, I betcha most homes and cars have emergency kits and stockpiles for just such events. When I lived on a farm, a "snow day" was a holiday from work and the everyday humdrum.
I've been re-reading the (First) Statistical Account of Scotland about Coll, written in 1793 by the assistant minister of the Tiree and Coll parish.(1) My Scottish ancestors on the Isle of Coll in the Inner Hebrides lived through miserable winters year after year as an accepted matter of course. The climate, while not necessarily receiving heavy snow, was always damp from the sea air and the collection of rain water in its low points. The island soil and weather were barely suitable for farming and the quality of life deteriorated as the population increased. Their cattle and sheep did not always survive the inevitable winter starvation. Houses of the average labourer and crofter had a double stone wall four to six feet thick, filled with the prevailing sand for insulation. Heating and cooking relied on smoky peat fires because trees do not survive and thus no firewood anywhere.
Not having a doctor on the island was a considerable disadvantage, but the 1793 writer adds "the healthy sea air generally drives away whatever is noxious." He paints a conflicting picture in the following:
"The people are lively, industrious, and chearful [sic], and often engaged in active employments, in the open air; yet the dampness of the place, the want of proper firing, and the poor living of many, seem to be the greatest causes of frequent rheumatisms, dysentaries, and nervous fevers."
By the 1820s the inhabitants fared scarcely better than their livestock. Crofters could not produce enough to pay their rents. Alexander Maclean, Laird of Coll, was one of the few Highland chieftains who honoured the old clan system. He depleted much of his own resources to feed the islanders during the worst times, and to subsidize passage for those who chose to leave for Australia or Canada.
Would we make it in those deplorable conditions? It's debatable. They did. They gave us some of their genes. We have not been truly tested.
(1) Donald J Withrington and Ian R Grant, ed. "The Western Isles," The Statistical Account of Scotland, Vol XX, (UK: EP Publishing Limited, 1983), reissue of John Sinclair, ed. The Statistical Account of Scotland (1791-1799). The Account can also be read online at http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/.
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The housing on Coll is a little better than it was then though looking at the sheep and cattle on the hill I am not sure that they are much happier than a couple of hundred years ago!
Not sure that the weather has changed much - although today is cold and clear. Glorious.
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Delighted to hear from you, Alex. I hope to visit your island home in the not so distant future.
- Monday, 02 February, 2009
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Hello Brenda,
I am one of your former students from NIGS and a long time admirer of your work. Your presentations are often a little dry but, you're a terrific writer. So now I have discovered you have a blog that you seem write to every week or so. Since I do enjoy your writing I will have to take some time and review some/all of what you mused. I read a couple already and thoroughly enjoyed what you included. I look forward to reading more about your thoughts and adventures.
Paul R. Caverly, UE, PLCGS
- Monday, 02 February, 2009
- BDM said...
Thanks for the kind words, Paul. I'm glad to see you are a fellow OCAPG member!
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another great showLoved, loved, loved this one. sat around the edge ballastrades just taking it all in. Remember Bono doing one of his daring climbs up the backdrop thinking he was going to fall off. I loved the days of '40' being the last song and the resonance (spelling?) of the crowd singing it long after U2 had left the stage.... wonder how many people realised they were singing lyrics from the Psalms of the Bible?
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My First U2 gigThis was not only my first U2 gig but my first gig by any band. I was given permission to go on the bus from Newcastle with three school friends and we simply couldn't wait. The Waterboys opened the evening and, to be honest, didn't seem up to much but then U2 came out and the whole vibe changed. The quality of sound and atmosphere was amazing. It was great just to see them walk onto the stage. We were at the front of the gallery looking down on the band and the view was superb. We were 15 years old and it was probably the safest place for us! Some Dutch people we spoke to next to us were taking photos and I've recently seen these on the internet and in books they've had published. Little did we know! The Electric Co. was a highlight for me along with New Year's Day, Sunday, Bloody Sunday and The Unforgettable Fire. I remember The Edge having a real go at his guitar tech for not having one of his guitars in the correct tuning. I remember thinking that it may be best never to cross him! Not that I would or have ever had the chance! My lasting memory is the whole crowd singing "40" out of Brixton Academy at the end of the night and us still singing for ages when on the bus and on our way home. I got back at around 5 in the morning and had to walk home from my drop off point. I was stopped by two policewomen in a patrol car. I must've looked very dishevelled and dodgy to say the least. They asked what I was doing walking the streets at this our and I explained where I'd been. They both thought it was amazing that I'd gone to London to see U2 and gave me a lift home as well. The fact that they were both good looking was an extra bonus! We chatted for a while about the gig until they got a call and had to go. A fitting end to a fantastic experience.


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Norma, Use equal amount of vegetable shortening or 25 percent more butter, I use strictly no salt butter, and I just go by volume.Don
Don,Do you use the hard vegetable shortening like Crisco with the added butter? I will give that a go later this week to see what happens.Thanks,Norma
Don,My recollection is that in Mexico they use what I would call a "liquid" form of lard as opposed the hydrogenated solid form that is sold in the U.S. (and in just about every supermarket near me) as Manteca (http://www.texmex.net/Graphics/lard.gif). I once had the liquid form in frijoles while I was in Mexico. When I tried to find it in a local supermarket that caters mostly to Hispanics, a nice lady who works there (she is Hispanic also) took me to a product that looked like the liquid manteca. If Norma wants to be true to a bread recipe in the recipe book, she might use a liquid form of the lard. Using the ingredient quantities in the recipe booklet for her newly rediscovered bread maker, she might be able to make a comparable amount of the Lehmann NY style dough. We have done so much to that formulation, why not a lard version ? After being in the doghouse for so many years, lard seems to be making a comeback. Peter
Norma, I have used one or the other, sorry never blended them. I don't see the purpose. I suppose if one used margerine it would be the same amount as butter, but I have no experience with margerine. Don
Norma,Well, I'll be. That looks a lot like what I saw at the market near me that caters mostly to Hispanics. Unlike butter and margarine, both of which contain some water, lard does not. That means you can make a direct replacement of the oil in the Lehmann dough formulation with the lard. You will have to decide how much lard you want to use from a baker's percent standpoint, and also how much dough you want to make. The amount of dough should be enough for your hand cranked bread maker to handle. That is, it can't be too little and it can't be too much.I know for a fact that Tom Lehmann has used lard in a pizza dough. In fact, I remembered that he discussed the subject of lard recently at the PMQ Think Tank. I did a search and found his posts in the thread at http://thinktank.pmq.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10010&p=69404&hilit=#p69366. I believe that the lard you found is perhaps of the better form that Tom discusses in his PMQTT posts even though it is a U.S. product. For example, I did not see any mention of deodorizers in the ingredients list you posted. It would also not be unprecedented to use lard in a NY style dough. I recall reading that Sbarro used lard many years ago, and I tried it out myself but using the solid lard form.Since the lard product you found has salt in it, you might want to reduce the salt in the Lehmann dough formulation to compensate. I couldn't read the rest of the label you showed in the photo but there must be a weight-volume statement and also portion size and number of portions in the container and also an amount of sodium per serving.Peter
Not exactly the Bosch Universal but universal indeed!Norma- thanks for the flash Back ! I remember my mother having that exact same unit! the locking latch one end and the hooks over the rim on the other end. I cant remember what came out of it? But I know I was very curious and futzed with it quite a bit. Have fun cant wait to see it in action!John
Norma and Peter, For fun I'll take my camera manana for my walk and take some pictures of the process of making Manteca here. Trust me you can smell it a block away. At least that's what I think they are doing.......... Don
As promised some pictures of a local butcher making lard, manteca in Spanish. I got a bonus today, they were making manteca and manteca mejor(means best), a lard made from the better fat of the pig. When I asked about manteca puro the butcher said he does not make it, I suspect manteca puro is processed further, perhaps it is a pressing process using lard. They use large stainless pans with huge high pressure burners to heat the water, place the pig parts in and boil until the fat seperates. The chitlins are sold of course and Mexicans love them with hot sauce. To me the smell is overpowering, I took the pictures as quickly as possible. I included a pic of the ten inch burner they use with no regulator.Don
Norma,I used the information you provided to come up with a plan of action for your Lehmann lard-based dough prepared in the Universal Bread Maker (UBM).First, I used the manteca nutrition facts you posted to determine the weight of one teaspoon of the manteca. That calculation was to see if it is close enough to use the lard entry in the expanded dough calculating tool at http://www.pizzamaking.com/expanded_calculator.html. For your manteca, I got 0.16461 ounces for a teaspoon. The value used in the dough calculating tool for lard is 0.15285 ounces for a single teaspoon. The two values are close enough in my opinion to use the value for the lard built into the expanded dough calculating tool. As a practical matter, you perhaps won't be able to measure out the differences when using standard measuring spoons.You indicated that the minimum amount of dough for the UBM is two loaves of bread. You didn't indicate any recommended weight of a loaf of bread, or the amount of dough to make same, so I used the recipe you mentioned for four loaves of bread, using milk, etc., and converted the ingredients in that recipe to weights. Doing this, I got an estimated dough batch weight of around 88 ounces for four loaves of bread. For half of that dough batch weight, which is the minimum batch size for your UBM, we get 44 ounces. That amount of dough would permit you to make two roughly 16" pizzas, with each dough ball weighing about 22 ounces. The actual dough ball weight might be a bit less if there is some dough loss using the UBM. Of course, you can scale the dough ball weight down to around 21 ounces if that is a suitable weight for your purposes, or you can use any other dough ball weight and corresponding pizza size. That is entirely up to you.So, for your lard-based Lehmann NY style dough, I would use the Dough Weight option of the expanded dough calculating tool with 44 ounces as the target dough ball weight. I would use whatever percent of lard you would like to use for the experiment, along with whatever set of baker's percents you would like to use for the other ingredients (which will give you the flour and water weights). In order to get enough lard in the dough to be noticeable in the final crust and allow you to make a judgment as to its value in a pizza crust, you might consider using 3%, or maybe even a bit more. I will leave that to your discretion. I described the Sbarro pizza that I made using lard at Reply 56 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,2061.msg40413.html#msg40413. In my case, as I noted in the above post, I did not perceive a great benefit from using the lard. However, in my case, I also used barley malt syrup that might have competed with the lard in some way, although I wonder how much flavor a commercial lard as made in the U.S. actually adds to a pizza crust. I look forward to your results.Peter
Don,Wow, thanks so much for taking the pictures and explaining how Manteca or manteca mejor is made. I never knew how it was made before. I didnt even know about Manteca before this thread. I see in your pictures the Manteca in made right out in the open. That also is interesting because I dont believe in the US it would be legal to make it right out in the open, but I could be wrong. I remember the times I visited Mexico with my husband and we went to two different farmers markets in Cancun, Mexico, the farmers markets had meat, dead chickens and other products just out in the open with no kind of refrigeration. I wondered how sanitary that was and why more people didnt get sick in Mexico from open aired markets like I saw. I throughly enjoyed seeing the whole process and the seeing the 10 inch burner with no regulator. I never ate chitlins before. Do you know what they taste like? Did you also get some fresh Manteca to try in pizza dough? I would imagine the fresh Manteca would be better than mine. What were they making inside the building behind the two men? Thanks again,Norma


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Zeuslax wrote:That's tough.....there are a lot of obvious similarities but they are the ones that you would find when comparing large metro areas to each other. The exterior comparisons are easy. IE nightlife, proximity to the outdoors, economy, housing costs/availability, etc......As you know (remember we don't want anyone else to know) Pittsburgh is a very well kept secret, especially when you're talking about purchasing power. Denver's cost of living is more expensive, there's less history, there's more racial diversity, better skiing, probably more women, the Broncos are not as important as the Steelers, no rolling green hills......it looks a lot like Utah but way more fun. These are the first things that pop into my head. Denver is kind of West Coast in the way that Pittsburgh is kind of Mid West.....the people in Denver are a little more of what you would find in AZ, NM, & NV (sorry Utah...you are comparable only to Utah) then they are Kansas, Wyoming or Nebraska. Just like most of the Western cities Denver is growing and you will find a lot of transplants. You will also see a lot of Central and South American influence......both of these are the opposite of Pittsburgh. Hopefully this helps a little. Shot me a PM if you like.
You forgot to mention the accent in don-taun picksburg en-at. Don't forget to pronounce all your double L's like W's.
Daun arown-a haus. Sawthside is kouw. they got dem Stillers too. Mawnt Worshintin is a good place to stay. Bring bumbershoot cuz it might drizzle en-at.
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