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Top 5 Timed Events Avg %Total ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ wait Call Event Waits Time (s) (ms) Time ----------------------------------------- ------------ ----------- ------ ------ db file sequential read 5,814 461 79 38.0 log file sync 4,246 421 99 34.7 log file parallel write 3,222 109 34 9.0 CPU time 108 8.9 db file parallel write 1,718 60 35 4.9
(Note that this is from a 10.2.0.4 Statspack report, but you would see something similar in all AWR reports and Statspack reports that include CPU time in this section.)
Add up those seconds in the Time column and, even just for the top 5 events, the total is 1159 seconds or 19 minutes and 19 seconds. How can the system have spent 19 minutes and 19 seconds using CPU or waiting on various events when there were only 330 seconds in the reporting period?
The person who asked me to clarify this after the training has seen a few Statspack reports in his time and understood that there is more CPU time available in a given period than the Wall Clock period because servers often have multiple CPUs. But, in this case, I ran the test on my laptop which has a dual-core CPU. Therefore the maximum CPU time available between these snapshots was 660 seconds, or 11 minutes.
No, the real reason is that Statspack is reporting system-wide event timings for more than one session and then aggregating them. In this case, there were four user sessions running the SOE benchmark during the period. Given that each user and background session is instrumented and clocking up both service and wait time, aggregating the data for all of the sessions will record more time than has passed if you look at the clock on the wall.
This is such an intuitive idea to me that I hadn't thought to explain it properly during the course, so I set a mental reminder that I would blog about it soon. Having said that, this has been written about by others on many occasions (*not least by Cary Millsap and Jeff Holt in Optimizing Oracle Performance. In fact, I stole the title of this blog post from their book - see page 215 for more information.) Therefore, if this post makes complete sense to you so far or you've read any of those sources before, continued reading will probably be a little boring. If not, this post is especially for you.
So let's revisit the tests. I ran two 5 minute tests using Swingbench's supplied Sales Order Entry benchmark, but I could have used anything for this. The important thing is that the first test consisted of one session running the SOE application, while four sessions were running during the second test.
Here is the top 5 timed events section of the Statspack report for the single session test.
Top 5 Timed Events Avg %Total ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ wait Call Event Waits Time (s) (ms) Time ----------------------------------------- ------------ ----------- ------ ------ db file sequential read 4,818 175 36 46.3 CPU time 57 15.2 db file parallel write 1,085 42 39 11.2 log file sync 821 38 46 10.0 log file parallel write 2,702 28 10 7.5
... and from the Statspack report for the four session test.
Top 5 Timed Events Avg %Total ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ wait Call Event Waits Time (s) (ms) Time ----------------------------------------- ------------ ----------- ------ ------ db file sequential read 5,814 461 79 38.0 log file sync 4,246 421 99 34.7 log file parallel write 3,222 109 34 9.0 CPU time 108 8.9 db file parallel write 1,718 60 35 4.9
So the two tests were running the same application, on the same hardware and for the same duration. Yet the values in the Time (s) column are much bigger when more sessions are running. The total for just the top 5 timed events is 340 seconds compared to 1159 seconds. (The average wait times have also increased in some cases, because the system is busier, and different events become more significant as concurrent sessions contend with each other. There are various things we could try to deduce from this section, particularly as this was a controlled test, but we'd need more supporting information. Let's just stick to the apparently increased time.)
The problem here, if you see it as a problem, is that aggregated data is being reported. Statspack is not the only example of this, though. Tracing Parallel Execution tasks and then aggregating the trace files using trcsess into one consolidated trace file will also result in variable timings, depending on the Degree of Parallelism. I talked about this in slides 33 to 37 of an earlier presentation. In fact, I can make the Time (s) values as big as I want to, just by running the SOE benchmark with more and more sessions.
That's why the % Total Call Time is a far more useful column. It tells you the system-wide percentage contribution of each event to any performance problem over the given period so that you can focus on the most significant contributors. It should go without saying that looking at session-level statistics is more specific and therefore more reliable but that's not always possible unless you're using ASH, Kyle Hailey's Simulated ASH, some other session history recorder or can recreate the problem session on demand, but that's another, bigger argument that I won't go into here.
So if wall clock time for those tests was about 300 seconds, then what is that bigger value being recorded in the Time (s) column? What I'm really talking about is DB Time, but I'll leave that for the next post.
[In retrospect, the title of that first blog post might have suited the subject, but doesn't translate too well for subsequent related blog posts. That was a lack of planning or foresight on my part. These blog posts tumbling out of my head in a fairly
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#1 - Chen Shapira said:
2008-08-15 01:52 - (Reply)
Just to check if I follow you correctly - if I have 4 sessions running on the system, and I'm looking at an aggregated report for 6 minutes, the total times reported cannot exceed 6*60*4 seconds, correct?
#1.1 - Doug Burns said:
2008-08-15 06:41 - (Reply)
For the purposes of understanding, yes that's about the size of it.
If you look at the entire Statspack report that section came from, though, the "four sessions" in this test were actually over 20 sessions, including background processes. So the real upper limit on time for that period was much higher.
There are also some anomalies in CPU time recording between versions and always bear in mind we're only looking at the top 5 events.
But, as I said, your understanding of what's going on is correct and should become clearer when I get to DB time in the next post.
#2 - nm 2008-08-20 10:15 - (Reply)
Hi Doug,
Why do you total the time in Time (s).? The reason I say this, is during the time the db file sequential read event occurs, is not possible that a log file parallel write also take place?
Or does this go back to the first comment made - by Chen. Wherein each session has its own time to account for. The session responsible for db file sequential read is not the same session that performs the log file parallel write.
What confuses me, is what I mentioned earlier - since some of these tasks would be occurring at the same time would not totaling all the values result in , well , some form of double counting - if you get what I mean?
#2.1 - Doug Burns said:
2008-08-20 11:29 - (Reply)
What confuses me, is what I mentioned earlier - since some of these tasks would be occurring at the same time would not totaling all the values result in , well , some form of double counting - if you get what I mean?
Yes, you're absolutely right! If all four sessions running the benchmark waited for 1 second on a log file sync event, 4 seconds would be added to the relevant row in that column and that's the very aggregation that I'm discussing here.
I don't know if you have Cary and Jeff's book but another read of page 215 is instructive if you do and I recommend you find a copy if you don't. It's why many people question the value of Statspack and AWR reports when analysing performance.
However, what this blog post is really about is
a) That's the reality of the top 5 timed events section and anyone who does use Statspack or AWR reports for performance analysis should at least be aware of what they're looking at. What prompted the blog post is that I've watched people totalling up the time in that column and wondering how it could be greater than the wall clock duration of the snapshot interval.
b) Using my previous example, do you think that it's useful to know that four sessions were waiting on log file sync for 1 second each, rather than just one? Yes, the aggregated value doesn't tell you anything about any of the individual sessions but it does tell you something about the instance as a whole.
Maybe point b) will become more clear in the next blog but your comment shows that you understand what that column means and also the dangers of aggregating the data!
#3 - Lei Zeng said:
2009-07-16 23:15 - (Reply)
I have one quesiton here. Do you know how the %Total Call time is calculated for each of those events?
Thanks very much,
#3.1 - Doug Burns said:
2009-07-20 09:31 - (Reply)
What version of Oracle and are you talking Statspack or AWR?


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OODBMS.ORG announced the addition of a "Persistent Patterns" section to its collection of resources for educators and practitioners. Three collections (as .pdf documents) of patterns comprise the initial set of resources. Also announced was a "Best Pattern Award" with any pattern added to the site prior to May 29,2009 being eligible for the Award. Voting will take place from May 29 until June 20, 2009.
ODBMS.ORG was Launched in 2005 to provide up-to-date, and free, information and materials on object database technology. The target audience for the site includes faculty and students and OO software developers in the open source community or at commercial companies. Although object databases have been available for decades, and are a recognized solution to the infamous "impedance mismatch" problem that arises between object programming and relational database persistence; until recently most developers have not had the opportunity to use them and therefore are likely unaware of best practices in this area. Persistence patterns will be a valuable resource for this community.
Three contributors have provide an initial set of patterns:
- Adrian Marriott, Principal Consultant, Progress Software Inc., contributes 14 patterns (one of which is an anti-pattern, including: "Persistent Singleton," "Bespoke Indexes," "Transaction Memo," and "Persistent Queue."
- Eugenia Stathopoulou and Panos Vassiliadis offer Design Patterns for Relational Databases in the context of a full discussion of the theoretical problem of persistence and the mapping of conceptual data models to physical, relational, models.
- Takenori Sato's introduces the idea of a Probabilistic Graph Model and uses an extension of the Composite Pattern to provide patterns applicable to search and RESTful design.
The Marriot paper is the most straightforward of the three, and the one with a format that will be most familiar to the Patterns Community. The other two papers are more oriented to academics and include valuable context and background information on persistence along with their patterns.
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The Marlins have been entrenched in going through the fundamentals since Spring Training opened on Feb. 16. Now, it's time for games to get underway.
The Marlins take on the University of Miami on Wednesday at 1:05 p.m. ET at Roger Dean Stadium.
Facing a college team or two has become a tradition for the club. The Marlins will start right-hander Angel Sanchez, who was acquired from the Dodgers last July in the Ricky Nolasco trade. UM is going with right-hander Javi Salas.
On Thursday, the Marlins take on Florida International University, also in Jupiter. Justin Nicolino will start for Miami.
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2013 Honda CR-Z: New Car Review
Pros: Distinctive design; unique driving experience
Cons: Tiny interior space; neither sporty nor exceptionally fuel efficient
What's New: Styling updates including revised headlights and grille; improved horsepower and torque; more powerful battery; slightly better fuel economy
The Honda CR-Z is a 3-door hatchback subcompact hybrid that arrived in 2010 as a 2011 model. The CR-Z was designed in homage to one of Honda's most iconic designs, the CR-X. With the CR-Z, Honda wanted to build a fuel efficient, affordable and sporty hybrid.
The 2013 Honda CR-Z arrives fresh from a mid-cycle update that includes revised styling and mechanicals. Honda continues to offer the CR-Z in two trim levels--base and EX. But for the latest model, a more powerful lithium-ion battery yields more horsepower and torque, and fuel economy is up slightly from the outgoing 2012 model.
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Utility isn't the CR-Z's strong suit. With only two seats, the CR-Z has more of an urban cruiser feel. In the place where a back seat might be, Honda has installed a plastic storage tray. Behind it is another small storage space accessed by the rear hatch. This space isn't large either, but it will easily hold a couple of bags of groceries.
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The CR-Z has a 1.5-liter inline-4 gasoline engine cleverly fitted with Honda's Integrated Motor Assist hybrid system. Together, the system now generates 130 hp--8 more than the 2012 CR-Z. Torque is improved, too. Manual-transmission models now produce 140 lb-ft while automatic-equipped models produce 127 lb-ft.
The CR-Z's electric motor/generator uses electricity stored in recently updated lithium-ion battery packs to assist with acceleration. During cruising the IMA system remains at rest. During braking or decelerating, the IMA system helps slow the CR-Z through regenerative braking, which generates electricity that is sent back to the on-board batteries.
The CR-Z is the only hybrid sold in the U.S. with a 6-speed manual transmission. It's the standard gearbox; a continuously variable transmission (CVT) is an option on all CR-Zs. The CR-Z is rated at 31 mpg city and 38 mpg highway with the manual, and slightly better at 36/39 mpg with the CVT. These numbers are enhanced by idle-stop technology that shuts down the gasoline engine at stops and re-engages when the driver takes his or her foot off the brake.
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The CR-Z is small, light, nimble and really can't be directly compared to any other vehicle on the market. Yes, there are other subcompacts out there, but the CR-Z provides a completely different motoring experience than anything else on the road. Drivers should settle in and enjoy the CR-Z for what it actually is: one part go-kart, one part spaceship and one part hybrid.
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Toyota Prius C - With only 99 hp from its gasoline-electric powertrain, the Prius C, a 5-door subcompact, is far from sporty. But at 53 mpg city and 46 mpg highway, the littlest Prius model is super thrifty on fuel. The Prius C starts under $19,000 and, unlike the CR-Z, it has a back seat.
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One should never go into spring break cold. It's important to ease into it with a few warmup public intoxication arrests, as these three Iowa football players can tell you.
On the left there is James Ferentz, redshirt freshman center and son of Hawkeyes head coach Kirk Ferentz, who in February signed a contract extension through the 2015 season. But it was Ferentz's buddies, freshman tight end Zach Derby and freshman fullback Tyler Christiansen, who did the most impressive work here.
According to criminal complaints and University of Iowa Department of Public Safety Associate Director Bill Searls, Zachary Merlin Derby, 19, and Tyler Allen Christiansen, 19, approached an off-duty UI police officer and attempted to pick a fight with him. The incident happened around 2 a.m. in the Old Capitol Parking Ramp, which is also home to UI Public Safety headquarters.
Police said Derby smelled of alcohol, had bloodshot eyes and slurred speech. Derby had several Bud Light caps and a martini shaker in his pocket. Police gave Derby two breath tests, one of which showed a blood-alcohol content of .207 and another showing .211 percent. After being read his Miranda rights, police said Christensen admitted breaking off the arm of a parking ramp gate at the Old Capitol parking ramp.
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The Toyota Yaris Hybrid-R Concept is a 2-door hatchback that shows off the possibility of a high-performance hybrid. Power comes from a 300-horsepower turbocharged 1.6-liter gasoline 4-cylinder that's mated to a whopping three electric motors. The result is a combined output of 420 hp -- more than four times the 106 hp in today's Yaris. A 6-speed sequential automatic is standard, as is all-wheel drive -- a feature that will surely help the hatchback's handling prowess.
According to Toyota, the Yaris Hybrid-R Concept also packs an unusual punch: a boost system. The car can move up to 40 hp for 10 seconds in Road mode or 120 hp for five seconds in the Track setting. The extra boost can help drivers with quick passes on the racetrack.
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CAMBRIDGE, UK – June 23, 2006 - ARM [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMHY)], today announced it has acquired Falanx Microsystems AS, an innovative graphics IP company. The privately-owned company is headquartered in Trondheim, Norway, and has net assets of NOK 2 million.
"The graphics market for mobile, automotive and home applications, is increasingly important to ARM due to the rapidly growing usage of electronic devices with graphics capabilities; the estimated total available market for embedded 3D hardware is set to grow from 135m units in 2006 to more than 435m units in 2010*," said Mike Inglis, EVP, Marketing and Business Development, ARM. "The acquisition of Falanx will enable us to build upon our existing graphics activity and to drive the adoption of feature-rich, multimedia embedded solutions with a complementary ecosystem for developers."
Falanx develops graphics accelerator IP and software for semiconductor system-on-chip (SoC) vendors that deliver high-quality multimedia images without compromising performance, power consumption or system cost. The acquisition fits the ARM strategy of enabling users to create SoCs seamlessly in their design process. The Mali™ Graphics Processor Unit (GPU) is a combination of hardware and software that enables industry-leading 3D graphics and video on mobile phones, portable media players, set-top boxes, handheld gaming devices and infotainment systems (including automotive).
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Another way to word it is that when comparing Hachiman and Yukino's "solutions", Yukino's methods are very simple. Having trouble making good cookies? Get better with practice. Need help at the festival? Work harder.
Hachiman's methods are far more roundabout in comparison. I don't think I need to explain this part.
Maybe "honest" isn't the right word for Yukino, but I do think she is far more direct and what she does than Hachiman or anyone else in the service club. Actions speak louder than words, and Yukino's solutions do not betray her pride or feelings. Hachiman always sacrifices his in order to get the job done. Even in the first case with Yui, he had to embarrass himself with the "friend of a friend" story where he got rejected to prove a point. Does anyone honestly believe he's not bothered by it one bit?
I think it still hurts him, but he's just simply used to it.
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- sensei
- yui
- yukino
- haruno
- his sister
for the one involved in the matter
- the popular soccer guy who want to confessed
- ebina
both feel gratitude toward 8man and ebina even hate herself for letting 8man do all of this
- and the last one would be hayato. He used 8man to make the relationship between the circle. Maybe he 's thinking that 8man already been hated by all of the student because what happen in the festival so it would not make any difference if 8man does anything.
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Hayato wants to be with Yukino? Ha! This coming from a guy who was too goody-two-shoes to sacrifice himself for his supposed friends relationship and had to resort to using 8man.
BTW, Kakeru Tobe, the popular soccer guy, is he the guy with the pink sweater in the anime?
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Haruno is leagues ahead of Komachi, who can be quite devious at times but is just a child's ploy.
Komachi just wants his brother to get a girlfriend (and occasionally displays her brocon characteristics).
Haruno is interested in who Hachiman is to Yukino. I think Hachiman reminds her of Hayato (Yukino and Hayato's past has yet to be revealed) as another male who is close to Yukino. I think she will test Hachiman while trying to connect Hachiman with Yukino (I have a feeling she is always judging him).
Shizuka I believe is neutral to all sides. I see her as the one who can help Hachiman clear his mind and push him towards the direction he desires.
I don't see Hayato as a threat between Hachiman and Yukino: whatever they experienced in the past stays in the past. Hayato's primary role is to act as the antithesis of Hachiman.
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I think Hayato represents most kind people in this world - while they are kind to people, they also care about themselves. Hachiman is just batman level.
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Hachiman was moved to tears when Shizuka said "riajuu bakuhatsu shiro", if I'm not mistaken but that's sand for another sack.
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Contracts, Confidentiality, and Speech: Connecticut Supreme Court Upholds Agreement Not To Speak
I am sure that free speech, First Amendment gurus/junkies will have more to say about this one, but a recent case out of the Connecticut Supreme Court, Perricone v. Perricone, seems to merit a mention here. As the title of the case indicates, it is a divorce case. Apparently the husband runs a skin care company and millions of dollars are at stake. According to The Connecticut Law Tribune, the New York Post covered the divorce. Nonetheless, during the case Ms. Perricone "signed a confidentiality agreement to prevent pretrial discovery documents from being publicized. In it, she agreed that Perricone's lucrative skin care business 'may be severely harmed' if she made disparaging or defamatory statements about him." When she wanted to talk to 20/20 about the case, however, Mr. Perricone obtained an injunction by arguing that the confidentiality agreement controlled and that an integration clause in the final settlement did not supersede that agreement. In short, Ms. Perricone was still prevented from talking about the divorce. The court agreed with Mr. Perricone.
As First Amendment matter, the Connecticut Supreme Court held that the agreement was not a prior restraint on speech. I am sure that there are articles about the problem of what is state action in this context and whether one can waive First Amendment rights via contract. The court in this case relied on Cohen v Cowles Media Co. and held: "that a party's contractual waiver of the first amendment's prohibition on prior restraints on speech constitutionally may be enforced by the courts even if the contract is not narrowly tailored to advance a compelling state interest."
As I am not a First Amendment guru and/or junkie, all I can say here is that it seems that there are some continuing problems here. The idea "that a judicial restraining order that enforces an agreement restricting speech between private parties [does not] constitute[] a per se violation of the first amendment's prohibition on prior restraints on speech" appears correct if non-disclosure agreements and other confidentiality agreements are to work. Indeed, as our own Dan Solove and Neil Richards discuss in Rethinking Speech and Civil Liability:
Since New York Times v. Sullivan, the First Amendment requires heightened protection against tort liability for speech, such as defamation and invasion of privacy. But in other contexts involving civil liability for speech, the First Amendment provides virtually no protection. According to Cohen v. Cowles, there is no First Amendment scrutiny for speech restricted by promissory estoppel and contract. The First Amendment rarely requires scrutiny when property rules limit speech. Both of these rules are widely-accepted. However, there is a major problem – in a large range of situations, the rules collide.
Although I am not sure I agree with the paper's solution, I recommend the paper as a way to think not only about the Perricone case but the problems encountered when free speech and private law intersect.


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It was long and black and glossy and Bear used to wave it around just so that people would look at it. Fox saw this. Fox, as everyone knows, is a trickster and likes nothing better than fooling others. So it was that he decided to play a trick on Bear. It was the time of year when Hatho, the Spirit of Frost, had swept across the land, covering the lakes with ice and pounding on the trees with his big hammer. Fox made a hole in the ice, right near a place where Bear liked to walk. By the time Bear came by, all around Fox, in a big circle, were big trout and fat perch. Just as Bear was about to ask Fox what he was doing, Fox twitched his tail which he had sticking through that hole in the ice and pulled out a huge trout. 'Greetings, Brother,' said Fox. 'How are you this fine day?' 'Greetings,' answered Bear, looking at the big circle of fat fish. ' I am well, Brother. But what are you doing?' 'I am fishing,' answered Fox. 'Would you like to try?' 'Oh, yes,' said Bear, as he started to lumber over to Fox's fishing hole. But Fox stopped him. 'Wait, Brother,' he said, 'This place will not be good. As you can see, I have already caught all the fish. Let us make you a new fishing spot where you can catch many big trout.' Bear agreed and so he followed Fox to the new place, a place where, as Fox knew very well, the lake was too shallow to catch the winter fish:which always stay in the deepest water when Hatho has covered their ponds. Bear watched as Fox made the hole in the ice, already tasting the fine fish he would soon catch. 'Now,' Fox said, 'you must do just as I tell you. Clear your mind of all thoughts of fish. Do not even think of a song or the fish will hear you. Turn your back to the hole and place your tail inside it. Soon a fish will come and grab your tail and you can pull him out.' 'But how will I know if a fish has grabbed my tail if my back is turned?' asked Bear. 'I will hide over here where the fish cannot see me,' said Fox. 'When a fish grabs your tail, I will shout. Then you must pull as hard as you can to catch your fish. But you must be very patient. Do not move at all until I tell you.' Bear nodded, 'I will do exactly as you say.' He sat down next to the hole, placed his long beautiful black tail in the icy water and turned his back. Fox watched for a time to make sure that Bear was doing as he was told and then, very quietly, sneaked back to his own house and went to bed. The next morning he woke up and thought of Bear. 'I wonder if he is still there,' Fox said to himself. 'I'll just go and check.' So Fox went back to the ice covered pond and what do you think he saw? He saw what looked like a little white hill in the middle of the ice. It had snowed during the night and covered Bear, who had fallen asleep while waiting for Fox to tell him to pull his tail and catch a fish. And Bear was snoring. His snores were so loud that the ice was shaking. It was so funny that Fox rolled with laughter. But when he was through laughing, he decided the time had come to wake up poor Bear. He crept very close to Bear's ear, took a deep breath, and then shouted: 'Now, Bear!!!' Bear woke up with a start and pulled his long tail hard as he could. But his tail had been caught in the ice which had frozen over during the night and as he pulled, it broke off : Whack! : just like that. Bear turned around to look at the fish he had caught and instead saw his long lovely tail caught in the ice. 'Ohhh,' he moaned, 'ohhh, Fox. I will get you for this.' But Fox, even though he was laughing fit to kill was still faster than Bear and he leaped aside and was gone. Bear was so embarrassed, he went back to his cave and did not come out until spring. So it is that even to this day Bears have short tails, hibernate all winter, and have no love at all for Fox. 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Stuntman and 'Smokey' director Hal Needham dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hal Needham, a top Hollywood stuntman who turned to directing rousing action films including "Smokey and the Bandit" and "The Cannonball Run," has died. He was 82.
His business managers tell the Los Angeles Times that Needham died Friday in Los Angeles.
A former paratrooper, Needham appeared in thousands of TV episodes and hundreds of movies, performing and designing stunts and new equipment to execute them.
Needham jumped from planes, was dragged by horses and wrecked cars — breaking 56 bones in the process.
His best-known directing efforts involved 1970s Burt Reynolds action comedies, including "Smokey," ″Cannonball Run" and "Stroker Ace." He also directed Arnold Schwarzenegger in "The Villain."
In a Twitter posting, Schwarzenegger calls Needham an icon.
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We promised you more photos from the Hemmings Cruise to Mexico, and here's another helping from the land of sun and sizzle. By the way, in my earlier post, I meant to mention that in this part of the world, grabbing a quick photo can be challenging for technical reasons. Everything is so brightly illuminated by sunlight, especially near the water, that the light meter in your camera sometimes overcompensate. There's a marked tendency for your images to be either overexposed or underexposed until you have the time to set up the shot.
Here's an example, one of the countless open taxis that are apparently unique to the port city of Mazatlan. I shot this in the taxi area just outside the cruise ship docking area, before we boarded a more conventional Ford E-250 van – air conditioned – for the ride into the city. So I didn't ride with this guy. Once we got downtown, I was so smitten with the design that we flagged another taxi driver and asked him to take us back. Did he ever: For a negoiated price of $10 American, this lovely gent took us all over the city on a full tour, including the local Malacon and some beautiful interior neighborhoods – I'm not being sarcastic, either – that Americano tourists often don't get to see. The taxi itself is a straight Puebla-built Volkwagen Beetle pan with a fiberglass four-door body. Docile and airy. Just right.
At the previous stop, along a boulevard to the seafront in Puerto Vallarta, I grabbed this image through our van window showing a punch-drunk Dodge Aspen hardtop at the curb, though absent any rust. I'm pretty sure the building in the rear was the back side of the local Ford dealership.
Then, we have this Coca-Cola truck. It's a Suzuki 125 with an insulated box. They're all over the place down there. Can you imagine a box for Tecate or Sol back there? Or maybe Miller Lite? The vendors could jiggle one of these right up the steps at Notre Dame Stadium, I bet.
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Now in the most exciting chapter of the STAR WARS saga, the Rebel commanders gathered all the warships of the Rebel fleet into a single giant armada. And Darth Vader, who has ordered construction to begin on a new and even more powerful Death Star, makes his plans to crush the Rebel Alliance once and for all.
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Welcome to what we hope will become a regular and popular feature on our site! Each week, we'll give space to a musician/ producer who's a Dolphin customer and we'll find out how the gear they've bought from us has helped them out!
According to her website (www.janeysummer.com) Janey Summer, from the South West of England, is a mould-breaking rock singer, with an eclectic list of influences including Chris Cornell, Metallica, Massive Attack and Free, amongst others.
She continually impresses audiences with her unique and powerful vocals. Her album, "Along the Way" was released in August 2008. It's hailed as a powerful, yet melodic collection of rock, defined by from-the heart lyrics, showcasing Janey's singing and song-writing abilities, and is in high demand from fans.
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With my confidence growing I decided to take the HUGE step last year of abandoning the 'home' studio in favour of getting a commercially recorded solo album, which I released this year - Along The Way - its had some awesome reviews. And my live set is about to develop further as I am currently recruiting band members for an early 2009 tour to promote my album, which I am very excited about - so no more DIY for a while!"
Good luck, Janey!
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Two principals in the firm leading Amarillo downtown development agreed to pay a combined $120,000 in fines for exposing investors to excessive risk, the federal Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday.
The SEC charges in a suit filed Friday that David Wallace and Costa Bajjali, of Sugar Land-based Wallace Bajjali Development Partners, invested $10.5 million in a "financially precarious Houston-based media company," far exceeding the investment limits identified in written disclosures to investors.
The money was invested in BizRadio through two real estate funds controlled by Wallace and Bajjali. Investors received no money back, Wallace said. BizRadio is a small radio network.
"When we sell the real estate," Wallace said, "we believe we will be able to absorb whatever we've written off as it relates to news radio."
In written disclosures related to the securities offerings, the suit says, Wallace and Bajjali told investors the funds' investments in any one business would be limited to no more than 33 percent from the Wallace Bajjali Investment Fund and no more than 20 percent from the Laffer Frishberg Wallace Economic Opportunity Fund.
By May 2007, $6.5 million, or 40 percent, of $16 million raised under the Wallace Bajjali Fund had been invested in BizRadio, the suit says. By the time the Opportunity Fund closed in December 2008, roughly 57 percent, or $4 million, of about $7 million raised had been invested in BizRadio, the suit says.
The result was that Wallace and Bajjali, "subjected the Funds' investors to substantially greater investment risk than the Funds' written materials disclosed," according to SEC filings.
Wallace called it a "technical" problem, saying he and Bajjali thought other money was being raised for the two funds that would have ensured that the limits were not surpassed.
Although neither Wallace nor Bajjali acknowledged or denied wrongdoing, both men agreed on the same day the suit was filed to pay fines of $60,000 apeice.
Amarillo earlier this year approved a pact to create a public-private partnership with Wallace Bajjali. Under the pact, Wallace Bajjali will serve as master developer for a proposed convention center hotel, possible multipurpose event venue and other potential projects on city-owned land in the vicinity of the Civic Center.
"We've been very open and very clear with the city," Wallace said. "The city did a lot of background. One of the things that was an ongoing topic was the fact that we were assisting the SEC in connection to some research they were doing with a couple of folks that they ultimately fined."
City and development leaders praised Wallace Bajjali for cooperating with the SEC probe and keeping local officials abreast of its developments.
"We have been impressed with the level of transparency in this issue, as David Wallace has kept us informed throughout the SEC process," Amarillo Mayor-elect Paul Harpole said in a Wallace Bajjali news release. "We are pleased with this positive resolution and appreciate Wallace Bajjali's forthright, thorough and ongoing communication about the issue."
Melissa Dailey, executive director of Downtown Amarillo Inc., the nonprofit group leading downtown redevelopment, said in a statement: "The SEC review ended with a settlement announcement noting a single technical error regarding a Fund managed by Wallace and Bajjali."
"The SEC was investigating this radio organization," Dailey said. "The news radio made statements that they would invest so much money, but didn't come through. Wallace Bajjali did come through, which made their investment a greater percentage than it was supposed to be."
Officials regarded the outcome as positive despite the fines. The SEC, one of Washington's most powerful agencies, issues fines ranging in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
"DAI congratulates Wallace Bajjali on this long-expected favorable outcome and commends David Wallace and Costa Bajjali for their transparency in these matters," said DAI board Chairman Les Simpson, publisher of the Amarillo Globe-News. "Wallace Bajjali volunteered to help with the SEC investigation of outside financial firms, and they have kept us updated at every point during this process."


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William Reeves, Jr., son of William who died in Granville NC in 1751, is found in the deed records of Edgecombe County from around 1728 until 28 Jun 1758 along with his wife, Hardy. He is last mentioned there in a deed from Samuel Hardy to Thomas Jackson, both of Edgecombe (Halifax) County, which references land adjoining William Reeves and Persimmon Tree Creek. There is no further documentation regarding William Reeves, Jr. and certainly none that record him with any other wife than Hardy whose maiden name is unknown.
William Reeves, Jr. witnessed a Bertie County NC deed from Ralph Mason to his father, William Reeves circa 1728/29. The required age to witness a deed in North Carolina at that time was 14, accordingly William Reeves, Jr. would have been born before 1714. Additionally, in the 1782 tax lists of the Fishing Creek District of Granville County, his brother Malachi Reeves is noted as "Aged" or over 60, whereas William Reeves is not. It is far more likely that a generation was missed and the William Reeves with wife Elizabeth who died in York, South Carolina was a son or nephew of William Reeves, Jr., born circa 1710.
William Reeves, Jr. described as "of Edgecombe County" deeded land to his brother Malachi in 1753 which appears to be the last transaction that definitely pertains to him in Granville County.
The bulk of the documentation found in Granville County regarding this particular William Reeves indicates that he was the son of Malachi Reeves. Malachi was listed with 3 tithes in 1755 in Granville County - himself, William and the negro Jackson. Again in the 1762 tax lists of the Fishing Creek District, sons William and Jonathan are listed with Malachi.
William Reeves received pay for 12 days service in the Granville County Militia under Colonel Robert Harris on March 24, 1769. William Reeves, Jr. would have been approximately 60 years old at this time and it's doubtful, although not impossible, that he would have served in the militia.
The eight children of William and Elizabeth Reeves as documented in York County Probate Records, Case Nbr. 45, File 1904 (William) and Will Book F, Pgs 225-226 (Elizabeth) are:
1. Hardy Reeves
2. Mary Reeves, m. William Thomasson
3. Willis Reeves
4. Wiley Reeves
5. Tabitha Reeves, m. James B. Glover
6. Elizabeth Reeves, m1. Unknown Glover, m2. James Gaulden, m3. James B. Glover
7. William Reeves, Jr.
8. Lucy Reeves, m. William Glover
Exhaustive research of the Granville County NC tax and deed records, only yield one individual named William Reeves during the years 1755 through 1800 and that person was William Reeves, the son of Malachi Reeves, and it was he who relocated to York County, South Carolina around 1800.


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Meek U.S. Army soldier Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) takes part in an experimental military program that infuses him with super-human powers, and uses his newfound strength to battle the villainous Red Skull (Hugo Weaving) in this comic-book adventure from director Joe Johnston (THE WOLFMAN, THE ROCKETEER). Tommy Lee Jones, Neal McDonough, and Stanley Tucci co-star in a film written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeeley (who previously collaborated on THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE).
Cast List
Shelly Johnson - American Cinematographer
Joe Johnston - Director/Visual Effects
Alan Silvestri - Composer, VAN HELSING (2004)
Stratton Leopold - Executive Producer, SUM OF ALL FEARS (2002)
Louis D'Esposito - Executive producer, IRON MAN
John Bush - Set Designer
Scott Millan - Sound, GLADIATOR (2000)
Richard Whelan
David Parker - Oscar Winning Sound Re-Recordist, Mixer, began in '80s
Lisa Westcott - Makeup, "Shakespeare in Love"
John Dexter - British Director
Dave Jordan - Musical Direction/Supervision
Steve Dent
Jay Maidment
Method Studios
Inc. Look Effects
Luma Pictures
Christopher Markus - Screenwriter, THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA (2005)
Stephen McFeely - Screenwriter, THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA (2005)
Paul Corbould
Barbara Mcdermott
Andy Nicholson - Art Director; Set Designer
Senate Visual Effects
Anita Dhillon
Kathy Heaser
Jonathan Taylor - Second Unit Director Of Photography
Joe E. Rand
Lola VFX
Sam Breckman
Suzie Weismann
Peter Mavromates
Matthew Sampson
Chris Lowe - Art Director
Evil Eye Pictures
Fuel VFX
Rise Visual Effects Studios
William Hope - Actor/ Gorman in ALIENS (1986)
Samuel L. Jackson - American actor, PULP FICTION
Tommy Lee Jones - American actor
Tom Lee Jones - American actor
Neal McDonough - Actor
Stanley Tucci - American Actor/Writer/Director
Amanda Walker - British Supporting Actress
Hugo Weaving - Australian Actor/ Agent Smith in THE MATRIX
Michael Brandon - American Actor
Oscar Pearce
David Bradley - Actor, '90s-'00s
Erich Redman
Simon Kunz
Toby Jones - Actor, INFAMOUS (2006)
David McKail
JJ Feild - Actor, O JERUSALEM
Chris Evans - Actor, NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE (2001)
Dominic Cooper - Actor, STARTER FOR TEN, (2007)
Derek Luke - Actor, ANTWONE FISHER (2002)
Kenneth Choi
Sebastian Stan - Actor, THE COVENANT (2006)
Lex Shrapnel - Actor, K-19 (2002)
Anatole Taubman
Amanda Righetti - Actress
Sam Hoare
Richard Armitage - Former Secretary of State
Ben Uttley
Natalie Dormer - British actress, THE TUDORS
Hayley Atwell - Actress, CASSANDRA'S DREAM
Leander Deeny
Doug Cockle - American actor, LONDON VOODOO (2004)
Richard Freeman - Actor
Martin T. Sherman - Actor
Ben Batt - Actor
Laura Haddock
Bruno Ricci
Nicholas Pinnock
Kirsty Mather
James Payton
Vincent Montuel
Peter Stark
Marek Oravec
Kieran O'Connor
Jenna-Louise Coleman
Sophie Colouhoun
Mollie Fitzgerald
Damon J. Driver
Katherine Press
Sergio Covino
Marcello Walton
Fabrizio Santino
Maxwell Newman
Jan Pohl
Rosanna Hoult
Naomi Slights
Megan Sanderson
Darren Simpson - Actor
Fernanda Toker
Ronan Raftery
Nick Hendrix
Luke Allen-Gale
Jack Gordon - Actor, ;
Kevin Millington
Patrick Monckeberg
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- Rating: PG13
- Release Date: September 2017
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3 stars out of 4 -- "[H]ere is a real movie....It has the texture and takes the care to be a full-blown film." - 07/27/2011 Chicago Sun-Times
"Evans has gone the Marvel route before....[T]his part brings out an appealing earnestness and humility in the actor that is certainly not business as usual in the comic book superhero genre." - 07/22/2011 Los Angeles Times
4 stars out of 5 -- "Joe Johnston shrink-wraps Americana in the super-powered physique of star Chris Evans and serviceably approximates a brisk, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK-esque sense of adventure..." - 07/20/2011 Box Office
"As the titular comic book character, Chris Evans has an appealing, earnest quality....Evans provides just the right human anchor to the flash and dazzle of director Joe Johnston's production." - 07/22/2011 USA Today
3 stars out of 4 -- "[I]t's a terrific movie....[T]he World War II-era drama returns the form to its classic roots..." - 07/21/2011 Washington Post
"Evans makes a hell of an MVP." - 08/04/2011 Rolling Stone
"[T]he film reaches back to the seed of all superhero fantasy: the myth of the 98-pound weakling transfigured....Evans is an appealing actor..." -- Grade: B - 08/05/2011 Entertainment Weekly
3 stars out of 5 -- "[Johnston] manages to pull out the stops for the finale: an explosive confrontation above the clouds that then quiets down for a touching farewell." - 09/01/2011 Total Film
"Director Joe Johnston went the retro route in the underrated THE ROCKETEER, and again catches the 1940s tone well: the film finds an acceptable rationale for the Captain American persona..." - 10/01/2011 Sight and Sound


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Rohit Nayak, VP of Physician Tech Solutions at Quest Diagnostics – 5 Questions with EHR Vendor Executives at #HIMSS12
John Lynn is the Founder of the HealthcareScene.com blog network which currently consists of 10 blogs containing over 8000 articles with John having written over 4000 of the articles himself. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 16 million times. John also manages Healthcare IT Central and Healthcare IT Today, the leading career Health IT job board and blog. John is co-founder of InfluentialNetworks.com and Physia.com. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can also be found on Twitter: @techguy and @ehrandhit and LinkedIn.
It's time again for the next entry in our series of EHR videos called: 5 Questions with EHR Vendor executives at HIMSS 2012. In this video I ask the 5 questions to Rohit Nayak, VP of Physician Tech Solutions at Quest Diagnostics (makers of the Care360 EHR).
My apologies to Rohit for mispronouncing his name in the intro. I appreciate his good nature and pronouncing it correctly. I don't think I'll ever forget the name Rohit again. I appreciate him taking the time to answer the 5 questions.
Be sure to check out all of the 5 Questions with EHR Vendor Executives at HIMSS 2012 videos.


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WASHINGTON – Naomi C. Earp, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced the federal agency will hold a symposium with the National Partnership for Women and Families to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 9 a.m. The event will be held at the headquarters of the National Education Association (NEA) at 1201 16th St., NW.
The keynote address on the history of the PDA will be presented by Wendy Williams, a law professor at Georgetown University. Professor Williams is well known for her work in the area of gender and law, especially concerning issues of work and family, and is the co-author of a recent casebook on gender and law. She helped draft and testified before Congressional committees on the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 and the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. Her address will be followed by two moderated panel discussions:
Panel I – "Pregnancy Discrimination Today"
Kevin Russell, Moderator
Partner, Howe & Russell, P.C.; instructor, Stanford University Law School, Supreme
Court Litigation Clinic, and the Harvard Law School Supreme Court Litigation Clinic
"Current PDA Litigation"
Elizabeth Grossman
Regional Attorney, New York District Office, EEOC
"Statistical Analysis of Pregnancy Discrimination Charges"
Jocelyn Frye
General Counsel, National Partnership for Women & Families
"Stereotypes of Pregnant Women/Use of Testers in the PDA"
Eden King
Professor, George Mason University
Panel II – "Future Issues in Pregnancy Discrimination"
Carolyn Wheeler, Moderator
Assistant General Counsel, Appellate Services Division
Office of General Counsel, EEOC
"The Face to the Case – Victims of Pregnancy Discrimination"
Melvina Ford
Executive Director, D.C. Employment Justice Center
"Caregiving Discrimination"
Cynthia Calvert
Co-Director, Project on Attorney Retention, Deputy Director & General Counsel of WorkLife
Law at the University of California Hastings College of the Law, and solo practitioner in
Maryland counseling small businesses.
"Work-Life Family Balance"
Donna Klein
CEO, Corporate Voices for Working Families, a national business membership organization
representing the private sector on public policy issues involving working families.
"Future Legal Issues"
Jocelyn Samuels
Vice President, Educational and Employment Opportunities
National Women's Law Center
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Additional information about the Commission is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.
Founded in 1971, the National Partnership for Women & Families is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that uses public education and advocacy to promote fairness in the workplace, quality health care, and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands of work and family.
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Hello There !
Here comes the news you have all been waiting for!
We would like to thank all the wonderful applicants who applied to our DT call. With each and every submission it was very hard to choose between all your wonderfully and talented crafty applications but in the end these 6 ladies stood out to us and we are very happy and proud to welcome to the team .....
Venus from
And here is a little about Venus :)
Crafting is one on my many hobbies. I love everything about it. I am also into Philately and a few sports like snorkeling and SCUBA diving. I'm a fan of the Twilight Saga. I am gaga over Photoshop. I work as a public health doctor and also manage a small business creating invitations for all occasions. My life's biggest inspiration is my family - my husband and my son. Thank you for accepting me to be part of The Crafty Pad design team. It's another beautiful feather to my cap! God Bless!
Katrina from
Hi!!! Im Katrina! Wife, mum, slave and crafter! I live in the UK near Windsor and have been crafting for just over 5 years, I mainly craft when my husband goes out mum and I get together and have a 'session' as we call it! It all started when I had my eldest daughter and made her birth announcements and has spiraled from there! I have always had a 'creative' background, I was quite young when I learnt to knit and used to do a bit of x-stitch but now I am mainly into card making and will occasionally do a bit of scrapbooking!
Im so excited to be a part of this team and can't wait for the adventure to start!
Joan from
Joanie's Classy Corner
Hi, I am Joan and I am 71 years young. I started scrapbooking a few years ago doing layouts and cards, but sort of part time. Since I retired a couple of years ago I have really gotten into it and am enjoying every moment. Cards have taken over my hobby as I love sending them to friends and family and brightening their day. What a wonderful way to express your feelings, thoughts, and ideas. I hope my creations here put a smile on your face too.
Hi, I am Joan and I am 71 years young. I started scrapbooking a few years ago doing layouts and cards, but sort of part time. Since I retired a couple of years ago I have really gotten into it and am enjoying every moment. Cards have taken over my hobby as I love sending them to friends and family and brightening their day. What a wonderful way to express your feelings, thoughts, and ideas. I hope my creations here put a smile on your face too.
Angela from
Hi my name is Angela, I am married to Patrick and I live in Southern Germany and I've been seriously crafting for 8 years now. I've always been crafty but now I have more time to devote to my main crafty pursuits which are card-making and scrapbooking. I love learning new things and trying new techniques and I am fully supported in this madness by my family. Looking forward to being part of this very talented Design Team and can't wait to get started on some projects.
Debbi from
My name is Debbi and at the moment I am a stay at home mum on a career break from my role as a Business Lending Consultant at a bank. I have a very supportive husband and two beautiful boys who are 6 and 3. At the moment I am loving my crafting and it is a very exciting time! I have been crafting about 6 years - all started by my friend over the road Sam when we went to classes together and created cards on our dining tables! When I decided to start my blog the obvious choice for me was to call it taylor-made cards as that is what my surname is and I love the play on words... I love any kind of paper-craft and love to try new techniques and see the difference that this can make to your cards. I am really looking forward to being part of this design time as I am amongst some wonderful crafters who share the same love for people as me...
Estelle from
Hi, I'm Estelle. I am a happily married stay at home mum to 3 wonderful children. I have crafted in one form or another all my life, I really love paper crafting and working with ribbons but try my hand at mostly anything. I also love creating wonderful pieces of home and party decor! When I'm not crafting I can either be found with my nose in a book or just spending time with my family. I am so excited to be part of Crafty Pad's Design Team and look forward to creating some fun and inspiring projects!
And still with us is
Dawn from
Dawn's Crafting
Dawn's Crafting
Ali from
Diane from
Me- Leesa aka The Navy Wife from
And the gorgeous and talented lady behind
Debbie Moore from
We hope you will give them all a warm welcome and drop by and visit their stunning blogs.
And just a friendly reminder to you all, we still have a Guest Design Team call with this weeks challenge HERE. There is still plenty of time to play along for the opportunity of joining us as a guest!
xxThe Crafty Pad Teamxx


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HARROGATE, Tenn. - The King College baseball team posted victories of 10-3 and 5-0 Tuesday at Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) University.
The wins boosted King to 16-10 on the season while Lincoln Memorial went to 21-16. Earlier in the day Lincoln Memorial was No. 10 in the newest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Southeast Region poll.
At the plate in game one King got two hits performances from Tyler Gaby (Bristol, Tenn.), Cody Snyder (Bluff City, Tenn.) and Doug Freeman (Lakeland, Fla.). Gaby, C.J. Stabler (Kingsport, Tenn.) and Garrett Cook (Luray, Va.) all had two RBIs apiece.
Cook belted his sixth home run of the season while Stabler added his fourth.
Danny Laperna (Lake Worth, Fla.) went the distance in the opener to improve to 2-3. He scattered seven hits which led to three runs, two earned. He struck out seven and issued two walks.
In the second contest Josh Huffman (Lynchburg, Va.) and Heath Williams (Bristol, Va.) both had two-hit games. Williams also scored twice.
Stabler and Williams had doubles and King swiped five bases.
With a hit in the second contest Gaby extended his hitting streak to nine games, a season best for any Tornado player.
On the mound Wesley Houser (Knoxville, Tenn.) tossed a shutout and only allowed three hits and walked one. He mixed in three strikeouts as he faced a total of 25 batters in the seven innings. It was his first shutout of 2011 and the fourth for King this season.
King welcomes West Virginia Wesleyan for a three-game series Saturday and Sunday. Game one of Saturday's doubleheader has a 1 p.m. scheduled start.


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Senator Wyden Proposes Bill That Would Protect Users From Bogus Data Caps
from the would-be-useful dept
As this paper documents, data caps, especially on wireline networks, are hardly a necessity. Rather, they are motivated by a desire to further increase revenues from existing subscribers and protect legacy services such as cable television from competing Internet services. Although traffic on U.S. broadband networks is increasing at a steady rate, the costs to provide broadband service are also declining, including the cost of Internet connectivity or IP transit as well as equipment and other operational costs. The result is that broadband is an incredibly profitable business, particularly for cable ISPs. Tiered pricing and data caps have also become a cash cow for the two largest mobile providers, Verizon and AT&T, who already were making impressive margins on their mobile data service before abandoning unlimited plans.The paper goes on to debunk the usual arguments in favor of broadband caps. Beyond noting that the cost to providing broadband by the big guys has gone down significantly (while cost to consumers has stayed steady or gone up), they also point out that the "congestion" argument doesn't make sense. They note that even if there was congestion, a data cap would not be the best way to deal with it.
An analogy to rush hour traffic is useful here. Rush hour delays are generally caused by a spike in simultaneous demand for road access. Local governments often respond to this traffic congestion by instituting carpool lanes during certain hours, or introducing variable peak pricing for tolls, where prices are higher during the traditional workday commute than at other times. Both of these examples are methods to reduce demand during the time it is highest. It would make little sense to try and limit the total miles residents drive in a month as a means to solve rush hour congestion. Such monthly mile limits would needlessly impact residents who drive when the road is empty late at night and do not contribute to traffic congestion. Yet this is logic being employed when instituting monthly data caps.Monthly data caps are a tool that decreases consumption at all hours of the day.In fact, the report even points out that Comcast has quietly admitted to the FCC that it's caps have nothing to do with network congestion... even as it has argued in favor of them publicly by using the "congestion" argument. As we've pointed out over and over again, if you talk to the tech people at broadband companies, they admit that the best way to deal with congestion is to simply upgrade capacity, not try to choke off usage. And this report shows that, rather than do that, telcos have been going in the other direction:
The best way to resolve chronic network congestion in the long term is to invest and expand capacity. Yet, a review of the publicly available financial document for some of the largest ISPs in the country shows a decline in capital expenditures—the costs associated with building, upgrading and maintaining a network, such as construction, repairs, and equipment purchases—for their wireline networks.Many ISPs are spending less money on capital expenditures now, both as a ratio to revenue but also even in raw dollars,than they have in years past.Given all that, it's great to see that Senator Ron Wyden is introducing a new bill to protect consumers against data cap abuse. One of the many issues we've raised with data caps is that users have no idea how much broadband traffic they use, and related to that, broadband providers are notorious for either not providing meters for usage, or providing ones that just don't work very well (or give you some sort of arbitrary number when you check). The new bill, the Data Cap Integrity Act, would do two key things:
- Require tools be available for users to really measure and manage their broadband usage
- Have the FCC establish standards for ISPs to make sure that they only use data caps to manage network congestion, rather than as a way to "monetize data in ways that undermine innovation."
SMART DATA CAPS INSTEAD OF DUMB ONES.—The Commission shall evaluate a data cap proposed by an Internet service provider to determine whether the data cap functions to reasonably limit network congestion in a manner that does not unnecessarily discourage use of the Internet.If we had a real competitive market for broadband, of course, this wouldn't matter. I'm still hesitant to support legislation telling companies how they can implement a business model. But, as we've been arguing for many, many years, there isn't real competition in the broadband space for most users, which is what allows broadband providers to get away with crap like using data caps to limit internet usage and increase revenue. Furthermore, given how much the industry has relied on government subsidies and rights of way, it seems only reasonable to think that some level of requirement to actually, you know, not screw over users, might be appropriate.
That said, the bill also has the following tidbit, which almost certainly dooms it from the start:
DISCRIMINATION OF CONTENT.—A covered Internet service provider may not, for purposes of measuring data usage or otherwise, provide preferential treatment of data that is based on the source or the content of the data.That's going to be interpreted as a backdoor attempt to put in place a net neutrality rule, which is more or less guaranteed to freak out the wing of Congress who insists that net neutrality is an attempt to take over the internet.


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No, of course not! But Lloyd Grove's profile of her in the Daily Beast includes more than one Michelle Malkin quote I agree with, so the world might be ending anyway.
If I'd read this profile without knowing anything else about her, I might even think Michelle Malkin is someone I could get along with, despite our political differences. That right there should tell you there's something terribly wrong. It reminds me of the recent Washington Post piece on NOM director Brian Brown, of which Kay Steiger wrote, "The main thesis of the profile seems to be that NOM's director isn't a crazy, fire-breathing, foam-at-the-mouth right-winger." Sure, it's possible to construct that argument if you don't dig too deep, but why would you?
As profiled by Grove, Michelle Malkin is the "charming, funny, vulnerable" daughter of hard-working, Reagan-loving immigrants. She first began taunting liberals at Oberlin College, where, let's face it, even liberals could taunt liberals. She's been a victim of racism all her life, and notes that "there is no such thing as post-racial America." She told Grove "she'll use good information from left-wing sources - even Salon and ACORN," and that she's "always thrived on digging up stories and shedding light on information that's not getting out there." Like many female bloggers, she's been the target of vicious, sexist attacks, including having her head photoshopped onto a bikini-clad body (about which she told her kids, "This is what I'd look like if I didn't have stretch marks"). Even more troublingly, she's received death threats, and now worries a lot about her family's security.
I'm relating to this woman. I'm sympathizing with this woman. What the hell?
And the cherry on top is, she even made a disparaging statement about "liberal bloggers" that I agree with:
I think that the racism and the sexism, particularly of liberal bloggers, is really something to behold. I think that so-called progressives who think it's funny to make Filipina barmaid jokes and somehow use my maiden name as some sort of cudgel or proof of hypocrisy-it's completely ridiculous. But I get that on a daily basis-you wouldn't believe the crap in my email box.
Obviously, I wouldn't paint all or even most liberal bloggers with that brush, but she's absolutely right that there's a thriving strain of fauxgressivism within the lefty blogosphere, and I've seen everything she's talking about coming from people who are ostensibly on my side. Wielding her maiden name as an insult, in an assbackward attempt to highlight her racism and xenophobia. Tossing all sorts of gendered epithets her way, and then excusing the sexism by saying she deserves it, unlike good liberal ladies who are not skanks and whores. No. She deserves to be criticized out the wazoo for her half-baked ideas, her paranoia, her incitement of wingnuttery, her bald-faced lies, but nobody, no matter how odious, deserves to be attacked for her race or gender. The fact that a non-zero number of self-identified liberals can't understand that distinction drives me up a fucking wall.
But you know what else drives me up a wall? Feeling any impulse whatsoever to defend Michelle Malkin. What is up with that? Grove does refer to her as "shrill," "smug" and "schoolmarmish" — two of which, I'll note, are highly gendered insults, even if they're not as bad as "skank" and "whore" — and reminds us that "She did, after all, once write a book defending the World War II internment camps for Japanese-Americans, and calling for racial profiling of Arabs in the war on terror." That says a whole lot more about Malkin's character than the cute line about stretch marks, if you ask me. But the acknowledgments of her extremist, "bomb-throwing" persona are mere pretensions to balance in an article that begins, "The last thing you'd expect Michelle Malkin to be is charming, funny, or vulnerable," and goes on to paint her as reasonable, misunderstood and sort of adorable.
Michelle Malkin, as a rule, is none of those things, but the really scary thing is, in the era of teabaggers and birthers, she does sound almost rational and mainstream by comparison. We just can't forget that she's one of the most prominent people feeding them lies and egging them on.
Michelle Malkin Has Feelings, Too [Daily Beast]


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