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His tee was a watch face!
Chances are you've never heard of Willie or his brother Mungo, but they both have one thing in common: They were both world-class golfers. Mungo is the lesser-known of the two because he went to sea for 20 years before trying golf again in his mid-30s.
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Willie, on the other hand, started his career (like many future hall of famers) by being a caddie and later went into the club- and ball-making business. His knack for making money was in challenge matches. More on that later.
The rest of the story
Willie Park, Sr. was born in Wallyford, Scotland on June 30, 1833 and grew up loving golf. His family was not rich but Willie found ways as a caddie to play on his local golf course.
Since golf clubs and balls were expensive, he made his own driver out of a curved stick of wood (similar to a hockey stick) and hit long, straight drives and then putted with the same club. He was known as a brilliant putter inside 12 feet to the cup.
He was a tall, slender man with a dark beard but no mustache. He often dressed in the attire of the day to play golf, which was a dark suit coat, tie, vest and light-colored pants.
Willie also wore a short-brimmed wool cap, which is still the style in Scottish daily life.
Park knew he was a good player, but let his playing style do all the talking for him on the links.
He made a good living by challenging other golfers to a 100 pound (approx. $150 in today's money) matches on a regular basis.
He often lured golfers into the challenge by playing with one arm or driving the ball while standing on one foot. In one match, which he won, he even played the ball off the tee by using the face of his watch as the tee.
The watch was reportedly not scratched.
In 1860 Park became a legend for the ages when he won the first British Open. The field included eight other golfers who played 36 holes at Prestwick Golf Club. In those days, the golfers played three rounds of 12 holes with a gutta percha ball, which could only travel a maximum distance of 180 yards. Willie shot a 174, beating Old Tom Morris by two strokes.
In the first eight British Open tournaments, Willie won four times (1860, 1863, 1866 and 1875), finishing twice in second place and twice in fourth place. Overall, from 1860 to 1886, he finished in the top 10 sixteen times.
If you've forgotten about his brother, Mungo, I will bring you up to date. Mungo also loved the sport of golf but as a young lad he went to sea to try and make his fortune. In 1870, after 20 years of hard work, he returned to his home town of Mussleburgh, Scotland and resumed the game of golf.
Just like a true Scotsman, Mungo worked hard at his game and won the 1874 British Open with a 36-hole total of 139.
He played in the Open tournament until 1886 with four top 10 finishes. He later became a teacher and worked making clubs and golf balls throughout the rest of his life.
But wait a minute, there is still another Park to mention. Willie Park, Jr., son of Willie Park, Sr. was a chip off the old block.
Following in his uncle's and dad's footsteps, Willie, Jr. won the British Open in 1887 and 1889 to become the only father/son/uncle combo to win the tournament to date.
19th Hole trivia
• Willie Park, Sr. was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2005
• Willie Park, Jr. was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2013
• Mungo Park is a long shot to ever make the World Golf Hall of Fame
• From 1860-1864, the Nicklaus / Palmer players of that era were Willie Park, Sr. and Old Tom Morris , Sr. . Willie won the British Open twice and Old Tom three times.
Wounded Warrior Golf Project
You can donate old golf clubs or make a donation to the Salute Military Golf Assoc. P.O. Box 83893 Gaithersburg, Md. 20883, attn: Stephanie Lundy.
This nonprofit organization teaches wounded warriors, many of whom have lost a limb, how to re-enter life through the game of golf. For information go to smga.org.
For more golf course landscape images and fine art photography go to genebleilephotography.com.


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Dover museum hosts 'Sax Tracks!' Nov. 5MidDel Sax Quartet performs at Johnson Victrola Museum
According to jazz great Stan Getz, "If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone."
The Johnson Victrola Museum, 375 S. New St. in Dover, will celebrate this mellifluous instrument in the program "Sax Tracks!" that will take place from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 5.
Presented in association with Saxophone Day, the Nov. 6 birthday of the instrument's inventor, Adolphe Sax, the museum's Nov. 5 program will include performances by the MidDel Sax Quartet at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., and recordings of early saxophone greats played on authentic Victor Talking Machines.
"Sax Tracks!" is presented in conjunction with First Saturday in the First State, a monthly series of events sponsored by the First State Heritage Park at Dover. Admission is free and open to the public. For additional information, call the First State Heritage Park Welcome Center and Galleries at 302-744-5055.
Antoine-Joseph Sax, who later took the name Adolphe, was born Nov. 6, 1814, in Dinant, Belgium. His father Charles Sax was a musical-instrument maker, and Antoine-Joseph followed in the family vocation. In 1841, the younger Sax relocated to Paris where he built a reputation as a maker of valved bugles. Although he had not invented the instrument, his versions were of such high quality that the instrument became known as a saxhorn.
The saxhorn was the most common brass instrument in American Civil War bands and served as a precursor of the modern-day flugelhorn and euphonium. In 1846, Sax patented the instrument for which he is now best known, the saxophone. He continued as a musical-instrument maker into his later years and died in Paris in 1894.
The MidDel Sax Quartet is composed of members of the Milford Community Band, including Arnold Leftwich on soprano saxophone, Bill Newnom on alto saxophone, Adam Davis on tenor saxophone and Andrew Pogan on baritone saxophone. The group's performances will include a wide variety of musical selections including the "Diamond State Rag," an original composition by Delaware saxophonist Bruce Evans that incorporates the Delaware state song.

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Bradley Cooper And Christian Bale Step Back Into The '70s In First Look At American Hustle
By Nick Venable 2013-07-29 16:50:18 comments
Thanks to USA Today, the rest of the world finally gets to join the CinemaCon attendees who got a first look at the 1970s-garbed characters of David O. Russells upcoming crime drama American Hustle. It isnt, unfortunately, all of the characters, but thats understandable since the cast list for this film is as long as the arm of the law. What we do get in the picture seen above are the hilariously-coifed Bradley Cooper and Christian Bale standing in an art gallery, each with his own questionable fashion sense.
While Bales character plays a crafty art thief, his apparel makes him look like hed give lectures about art heists in some stuffy university. Is it just me, or is Coopers face a skin tone darker than his hands? And while the part in Bales hair looks perfectly windblown, the obvious curly-haired elephant in the room is Coopers do, which Russell says is not a perm, just for the record. Ben Afflecks mountain hermit look in Argo has nothing on this.
Bale and his rounded sunglasses also feature in the second still, as seen below.
As you can tell, Amy Adams and the side of her boob are also in this picture, which also features a bull figurine that I want. Adams plays Bales lover in the film, and all it takes is one look at Bale to understand why. (Thats said with trace amounts of sarcasm.)
American Hustle, which formerly went by the much more fun title American Bullshit, is a fictionalized take on the famous Abscam sting case that took place in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In it, Bale stars as Bronx con-man Irving Rosenfeld whose crimes draw the eye of FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Cooper). Together with accomplice Sydney (Adams), Irving is forced to go undercover into the corrupt world of New Jersey Mafia and politicians. Also reteaming with Russell for this film is Jennifer Lawrence, who will play Irvings unpredictable Long Island house wife, who stands to destroy the entire operation.
Jeremy Renner will play a New Jersey mayor, Carmine Polito who is worried about the fate of his city during the recession. Im guessing he doesnt use the most legal of ways to fix things, as a group of important men and political figures all ended up getting busted when the case finally came into light. The rest of this awesome cast is filled out by Robert De Niro, Louis C.K., Michael Peña, Jack Huston, Elisabeth Röhm and Erica McDermott.
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U.S. Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices 1997 - Bolivia
|United States Department of State
|Publication Date
|30 January 1998
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|United States Department of State, U.S. Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices 1997 - Bolivia, 30 January 1998, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aa214.html [accessed 25 May 2016]
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, January 30, 1998.
BOLIVIAA constitutional, multiparty democracy with an elected president and bicameral legislature, Bolivia has separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches with an attorney general independent of all three. The judiciary, while independent, is corrupt and inefficient. The executive and legislative branches share these defects to some extent. Implementation of the 1994 constitutional amendments to reform the political and judicial systems continued and was partially completed by the end of 1997. The National Police have primary responsibility for internal security, but military forces can be called upon for help in critical situations. A special antinarcotics force (FELCN), including the Mobile Rural Patrol Unit (UMOPAR), is dedicated to antinarcotics enforcement. Civilian authorities maintain effective control of the security forces, but some members of these forces committed human rights abuses. Bolivia has extensive poverty, and many citizens lack access to such basic services as potable water, sewage, electricity and primary health care. Per capita gross domestic product (GDP) is about $930. The country is rich in minerals and hydrocarbons, and extensive investments in petroleum deposits in the eastern part of the country are expected to form a basis for strong GDP growth in the future. Most workers engage in traditional agriculture, however, and many citizens will remain barely linked to the cash economy. The Government generally respected the human rights of its citizens; however, legal and institutional deficiencies prevented their full protection. The most pervasive human rights abuse continued to be prolonged incarceration of detainees due to antiquated procedures, and inefficiency and corruption in the judicial system. There were credible reports of abuses by police, including use of excessive force, petty theft, extortion, and improper arrests. Human rights groups criticized the FELCN and the UMOPAR for alleged abuses against coca growers and peasants in the Chapare region. An investigation by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights found that security forces committed excesses resulting in the deaths of nine civilians in December 1996 and that the Government did not act to identify and punish those responsible. Investigations of alleged official abuses were slow. Other problems include harsh prison conditions, discrimination against and abuse of women and indigenous people, abuse of children, and inhuman working conditions in the mining industry.


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Create a new empty/transparent layer, then copy/paste the parchment image onto the new layer.
I have created my first real map, I almost finished it, but there is still to create the index of places. But I just don't know how.
I have found a good parchment in which I want to include the index, but in using PS, I don't know how to "add an image as a new layer" as in Gimp... Does anyone can help me?
Create a new empty/transparent layer, then copy/paste the parchment image onto the new layer.
My Finished Maps | My Challenge Maps | Ghoraja Juun, my largely stagnated campaign setting.
Unless otherwise stated by me in the post, all work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
Just a word of advice - if you plan to do a number of maps (in similar style), you should build your map key as a separate image, so you can paste it into any of your maps later (and keep the resolution fairly high, so you can scale it).
The two ways I typically do it are to use File > Place... or open the file I want to import, and simply use the move tool to drag it into the working document.
Ok thanks!
And one more question: When I add this key on my new layer, is there a tool to change its scale and replace it exactly where I want?
Ctrl-T will activate the Free Transform Tool. To constrain the rescale to keep the proportions, hold down Shift while dragging the corner handles. If you want to skew, hold down Ctrl while dragging the corner handles.
And another question : is there a way in PS to do as in Gimp and make a text follow a path?
Yes....but depends on the version you're using.
I use CS4 - Draw the path using the pen tool. Select the text tool and hover it near enough to the path so the tool-tip changes. Start typing.
I wouldn't have imagined it was so easy! Thank you!
That method works on all CS versions...in case others read this.
If the radiance of a thousand suns was to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One...I am become Death, the Shatterer of worlds.
-J. Robert Oppenheimer (father of the atom bomb) alluding to The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 11, Verse 32)
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Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island manages to impart something of a sense of isolation from the rest of the part. It has hills to climb, tipsy bridges to cross, paths to follow, and a "rock-climbing" play area. It's a delight for adults but a godsend for children who have been in tow all day.
As an aside, a mother of four from Duncan, South Carolina, found Tom Sawyer Island as much a refuge as an attraction, writing:
I do have one tip for parents. In the afternoon, when the crowds were at their peak, the weather was hottest, and the kids started lagging behind, our organization began to suffer. We then retreated over to Tom Sawyer Island, which proved to be a true haven. My husband and I found a secluded bench and regrouped. Meanwhile, the kids were able to run freely in the shade. Afterwards, we were ready to tackle the park again refreshed and with direction once more.
Capitalizing on the successful Pirates of the Caribbean movies, Disney restyled Tom Sawyer Island as a "Pirate's Lair" in 2007. Though it's still a children's adventure playground, the island now has sets from the films such as William Turner's blacksmith shop, and story artifacts like Elizabeth Swann's love letters tucked into every nook and cranny. Included in the makeover are a number of special effects and gadgets. Kids exploring the caverns of Dead Man's Grotto will encounter spooky voices, ghostly apparitions, and buried treasure. Elsewhere, a sunken chest can be discovered by operating a hoist.
Evidently, you can't have a pirate's lair without a bunch of gore. A pop-up head and moving skeletal arm are just the beginning. There's also a "bone cage," and our favorite, a treasure chest containing Davy Jones's beating heart. The Bootstrappers pirate band occasionally rides the rafts over to administer "pirate oaths" and lead sing-alongs.
Sadly, safety and maintenance issues have closed a few of the island's play elements, including the tree house, somewhat diminishing the attraction's entertainment value.
Touring Tips
Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island is not one of Disneyland Park's more celebrated attractions, but it's certainly one of the most well done. Attention to detail is excellent and kids particularly revel in its adventuresome atmosphere. We think it's a must for families with children ages 5 to 15. If your party has only adults, visit the island on your second day, or stop by on your first day if you have seen the attractions you most wanted to see. We like the island from about noon until the island closes at dusk. Access is by raft from Frontierland, and you may have to stand in line to board both coming and going. Two or three rafts operate simultaneously, however, and the round trip is usually pretty time efficient. Tom Sawyer Island takes about 30 minutes or so to see, but many children could spend a whole day.
Special Comments
The place for rambunctious kids; closes at dusk.
Special Needs
Other Attractions in Frontierland
|Park is closed
|Grade School
|Young Adults
|Over 30
|Loading speed
|Wait per 100 people ahead
|4.5 minutes
|3 rafts operating
When to go
Midmorning through late afternoon
|Opening Date
|June 16, 1956
|45 minutes
|Scope and scale
|Minor Attraction
|Closures / Refurbishments
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O.C., you make some good points, and there are a lot of Bruins fans who agree with you. The anti-Savard crowd is certainly in the minority.
I'm not sure if being a good powerplay guy is all that, well, good. "Hey, you do really well when the other team is missing a player." Powerplay points are a bonus, but not exactly something to put up in lights.
There are so many factors involved, it's impossible to compare stats. Time on ice, linemates, opponent's lines, situations.
I do remember when Savard went down a couple of years ago that Krejci was summoned from Providence and did a pretty dang good job filling in on the top line with very little previous experience.
I think Krejci could replace Savard as the team's #1 next season. I'm happy that the team might have that problem. Certainly is better than having to call up Trent Frickin' Whitfield.


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Goodyear, AZ (Sports Network) - Devin Mesoraco went 2-for-2 with a double and
three RBI and Shin-Soo Choo hit solo homer as the Cincinnati Reds downed the
Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-2, on Tuesday.
Donald Lutz added an RBI triple for the Reds, who saw starter Mat Latos give
up one run on two hits while striking out six over four innings.
Mark Ellis and Matt Wallach each drove in a run for the Dodgers.
Josh Beckett gave up two hits, including Choo's homer, while striking out five
over 4 1/3 innings.
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Diana Steffen Steer graduated from Colorado State University as an Occupational Therapist in 1985. She currently works at UAA as the Academic Coordinator of the joint Creighton University/UAA Occupational Therapy doctoral program. She is a certified 'Nurtured Heart Approach' practitioner.
Through her private practice Ms. Steer works with the Unalaska City School District and she is a member of the FASD Diagnostic teams based out of Assets, Inc. and Southcentral Foundation. She is also a member of the advisory board for HOPE Alaska and she is an affiliate faculty member of the Arctic FASD RTC.
Ms. Steer's interest in sensory processing and FAS has evolved from an initial interest in autism and sensory processing. Through this workshop, she plans to provide participants with a more thorough understanding of sensory processing, its effects on learning, everyday routines and activities. There will be a strong emphasis on intervention and communication strategies through interactive experiences and class participation.
This lecture is free and open to the public.Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Location: UAA/APU Consortium Library Room 307.
The entrance to the library is on the Providence Hospital side of the building. Room 307 is on the third floor. There are elevators just past the reference section and computers.
Teleconference information
Sensory Processing & FASDs Worksheet
The UAA/APU Consortium Library parking lot is on Alumni Drive, which is off of Providence Drive and opposite Providence Hospital. Please see the map.
Please arrive early to secure a parking place. Be prepared to pay for at least one hour's worth of parking.
Free parking does not begin until 7:30 p.m. (UAA Parking Services will ticket anyone who does not have a valid parking permit.)
Books mentioned during the presentation
Ayres, A. Jean PhD (2008)
Sensory Integration and the Child: Understanding Hidden Sensory Challenges
Los Angeles: Western Psychological Services. ISBN: 978-087424-437-3
Cooper-Kahn, Joyce PhD & Dietzel, Laurie PhD (2008)
Late, Lost, and Unprepared: A Parents' Guide to Helping Children with Executive Functioning
Woodbine House. ISBN: 978-1-890627-84-3
Dawson, Peg & Guare, Richard (2004)
Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents: A Practical Guide to Assessment & Intervention
New York: Guildford Press. ISBN: 1-57230-928-8.
Glasser, Howard, MA with Melissa Lynn Block, MEd (2007)
All Children Flourishing: Igniting the Greatness of Our Children
The Nurtured Heart Approach: A Parenting Paradigm for the New Millenium
Nurtured Hearth Publications. ISBN: 0-9670507-8-2
McClannahan, Lynne E. PhD & Krantz, Patricia J. Phd (1999)
Activity Schedules for Children with Autism: Teaching Independent Behavior
Woodbine House. ISBN: 0-933149-93-X
Continuing Education
Participants will be eligible to received two (2) continuing education (CE) credits for the completion of the lecture. The processing fee for these two credits is $25.00.
CBHRS is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. These CE credits are accepted by several licensing boards and for other professional purposes. CBHRS maintains responsibility for this program and its content.If you wish to receive continuing education credits for this lecture, please print and submit the registration form, along with the $25.00 CE processing fee. (We regret that we are unable to process credit cards online. We thank you for your patience and understanding.)
Target Audience
- Health and allied health professionals
- Students in health and allied health programs
- Educators
- Parents and caregivers
- Community members interested in learning more about FASDs
- No previous knowledge of FASDs is required.
Learning Objectives
Based on the content of the presentation, participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the principles of sensory processing.
- Explain the effects of sensory processing on learning and everyday activities.
- Describe intervention and communication strategies based on sensory processing principles.


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Composting as everybody knows is not a difficult, costly and time consuming process. Even the equipments and tools involved can be made available by just reusing any of your unused items stored in your backyard. If you're not into the build from scratch or crafting ideas, ready made composting items can be purchased quite easily and cheaply. I'll show you 6 different steps on how you can start composting, with the least fanciest equipment you can find.
Method 1 : Pile
The most simplistic idea ever. The only thing you'll need is an open area, measuring at least 3′ x 3′ x 3′ for best results. There will be no supporting structure whatsoever to accommodate your composting activities within the defined area. Just throw in your composting materials and let the nature do its work.
Method 2 : Pallets
If you can find abandoned pallets, then you're in luck. But fear not, pallets can be easily purchased if you don't have any. Get at least a minimum of 4 pallets to form a 4 sided, open-top box. You may call it as a composting well if you want. The existing structure of the pallets which have empty spaces will allow a better air circulation throughout your composting process. Install a hinge on one of the pallets to create a door for easier addition of materials and for extraction purposes.It's a good idea to secure the 4 walls of the pallets together as well as to the ground for a better hold.
Method 3 : Concrete Cinder Blocks
The only drawback of this method is acquiring your own supply of cinder blocks, but this is probably a one time investment as this strong structure will get you going on for a long time. Start by stacking the blocks as high as you see fit. Air circulation is crucial, so stagger the blocks to allow proper circulation through the sides and back of the unit. To save excessive usage of the blocks, assemble a 3 sided composting unit. Provide a supporting wooden or iron posts to stabilize the overall unit structure. For a more organized structure, and provided if you have a lot of blocks to spare, you can create a considerably huge composting unit, divided into 3 areas of storage, for fresh, maturing and finished areas.
Method 4 : Wire (chicken wire or hardware cloth)
This method is relatively easy to implement. Get a galvanized chicken wire or hardware cloth approximately 10′ in length and 1/2 to 1 inch wide. This measurement varies depending on the size of your unit you wish to build. You don't want to create a overly sized unit as the flimsiness of the wire structure might ruin your whole effort at certain point. Fashion the wire to form a cylinder or a well look alike structure. Get a couple of wooden or iron posts to hold the structure together. You can nail the chicken wire onto several posts on certain areas to give it a "backbone" before putting it up. Create a door with one of the ends so you'll have easy access to the contents.
Method 5 : Wood bin (single or multiple bin units)
When it comes to any conventional wood architecture, you obviously will need nails and the hammer. This method will require some carpentry skills and other tools that you may have to purchase. These units of design typically end up being larger than the other methods, so you might have to budget your available space should you want to go with this route. A permanent structure of this kind usually will require a slightly higher budget.
Method 6 : Ready-made composters
The simple buy it and use it straight away method. Nothing beats this, as you can find complete ready made composters at your local garden center or any online stores. Pre-fabricated units include tumblers, rotating barrels and boxes for the home gardener. Selection is huge, so you should have most of your options right in front of your eyes.
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Architectural features, that were once only present on very large computer systems, are gradually being implemented on ever smaller systems. Sometimes these features require software changes, to make the best use of the capabilities of the hardware. Here I'll describe the best way to get the best performance out of a NUMA machine.
SMP and NUMA
Processors, located within the main cabinet of a computer system, can be connected to memory in several ways.
Symmetric Multi-Processors (SMP) The simplest way, from a software perspective, is for all processors to be equally well connected to all memory. Such systems are identified by the acronym SMP (Symmetric Multi-Processors).
Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) However, as the number of processors in a system increases, the aggregate bandwidth between processors and memory also increases. Building a symmetrical interconnect that can provide that bandwidth becomes increasingly expensive. A solution is a type of system known as NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access). A NUMA system connects processors and memory banks this way:
Today, even a single board computer may be NUMA, when processors have integrated memory controllers.
Figure 1: The simplest NUMA system
NUMA Performance
The overall performance of a NUMA system depends on the proportion of memory accesses made by all processors to local (directly connected) memory. Each access a task makes to remote memory reduces the performance of that task. It may also reduce the performance of other tasks, by causing contention for remote memory connections.
In certain memory bound benchmarks, NUMA systems perform better than SMP systems because the available aggregate memory bandwidth actually increases as more nodes are added to the system. This is because processors can access local memory in parallel, with no contention for a common bus.
Achieving NUMA Performance
So, the first step towards good performance from a NUMA system is finding out which processors are connected directly to which blocks of memory, and how far apart the processors are from their associated memory banks. Linux learns about the platform topology from the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI), Static Resource Affinity Table (SRAT), and System Locality Information Table (SLIT) tables provided by firmware.
The SRAT table associates each processor and each block of memory with a simple integer value, called a proximity domain in ACPI jargon. Many computer vendors and software people prefer to use the term node. These terms are interchangeable, that is, objects in the same proximity domain are on the same node, objects in different proximity domains are on different nodes.
The distance between nodes is described by the SLIT table. To show how the ACPI SLIT table provides node-to-node latency information, here is a slightly more complex system than the simple NUMA system we saw in Image 1. Each node consists of just one processor, with an associated local block of memory. The nodes are connected in a ring, so a memory access from node zero to the memory on node one has just one hop, but accessing memory on node three requires two hops (going either through node one or node two).
Figure 2: Demonstration of Nodes, Mapping Processors to Memory Banks
The SLIT table is a simple matrix, providing relative latencies from one node to another. The reference value is 10, which marks the time for access to local memory. The leading diagonal of the matrix of a SLIT table will always be filled with the value 10. These entries mark a processor accessing memory on the same node. If, in our example, the time for a one-hop remote access is 80% longer than for a local access, then the SLIT table entry to denote that will have the value 18. If the two hop access takes 3.1 times as long, then the value for this is 31. So, the whole SLIT table for this system would look like this:
SLIT Table
Once Linux has parsed this information, it can create logical structures for each node. It assigns memory for each node, to separate free lists, and creates preferential search paths in case a node runs out of memory. The default memory allocation policy in Linux allocates memory from the nearest memory to the processor on which the code is executing.
There are some exceptions for a few system-wide data structures that are allocated evenly from all nodes to share the load, and make sure that Linux does not run node0 out of memory by allocating everything from it. Linux would run node0 out of memory in this case if a strictly local allocation policy were followed because the majority of boot time initialization code runs on a single processor.
For our example, system processes running on CPU zero would default to having memory as their first node zero preference. If node zero was low on memory, either node one or node two would be the next choice. Node three would be the last resort.
Once a process is running on a given node on a processor, Linux prefers to keep it on the same node. Combined with the policy of allocating memory from the local node, this helps keep the ratio of local memory accesses high. New tasks are moved to different nodes during the exec system call. This is the point at which Linux has discarded memory from the old task, but has not begun allocating memory for the new task. Thus, this is the perfect time to migrate.
Several workloads consist of many short-lived tasks. For example, compiling a large program from many source files, or running a web server that generates dynamic content.
For these types of workloads, the default Linux kernel behavior is sufficient to make sure there is reasonable scaling on a NUMA system. Individual processes will be spread out to run across all nodes in the system, allocating memory locally as they run. Because a steady stream of new processes are being created, Linux can keep the load balanced across the system by migrating new tasks to the least loaded nodes as they are created.
In more complex situations, the operating system can run into difficulties. For example, if many long running processes are started and are spread out across all the nodes in the system, and at some later point all the processes on certain nodes complete, the operating system is left with the dilemma of deciding what to do. It has several choices. It could:
Lacking a crystal ball to predict the future, Linux employs the first of these tactics, but this can be far from optimal for some workloads.
To make the best scheduling choices for these types of workloads, the operating system needs some advice from the user about how to distribute the workload across the nodes in the system. In many cases, it is not necessary to modify the source code and recompile an application. The administrative tool, numactl, can be used to set the desired policies and then invoke a command that inherits those policies.
Take a hypothetical application that allocates a large, shared memory segment that is later used by many smaller tasks for intensive data processing. The system administrator can use numactl to first run the application with the --interleave option, so that the shared memory segment is spread across all nodes. Then the data-intensive tasks can be started using the --membind and --cpunodebind options to spread them evenly across all the nodes in the system.
At the next level of sophistication/complexity, getting peak performance when running a NUMA system requires changes to the application. Next I'll describe the low level Linux interfaces, to provide a sense of the functionality that is available. Most programmers would be advised to avoid coding using these methods and should look instead to the more user-friendly wrapper functions provided in numa.
Linux provides topology information about which processors are on which nodes through the /sys file system in /sys/devices/system/node/node*/{cpumap,distance}. The following system calls can also be used by the application to control placement of tasks onto cpus, and to choose appropriate memory allocation policies.
sched_setaffinity: This system call provides a bit mask to specify which processors a task can run on. In NUMA applications, it is typically used to lock a task to the processors on a single node.
mbind: This system call allows a process to choose one of several memory allocation policies across an already allocated range of virtual addresses. Available policies are:
Linux will migrate any pages in the range that have already been allocated, and arrange that future page faults in the range follow the desired policy.
set_mempolicy This call is similar to mbind. The same set of policies are available. The difference is that the chosen policy is applied for all future allocations by a process, rather than being limited to a particular range of virtual addresses. The calls can be combined to provide a particular policy for general allocations with specific overrides for particular regions of memory.
move_pages This call moves the underlying physical pages for a given virtual address range for a specified process to a new set of nodes specified as a bit mask argument.
Linux also provides some statistics counters in /sys/devices/system/node/node*/numastat. These statistics counters provide a method for a user to monitor how often applications are succeeding and failing, when trying to allocate memory from the node that they would like. More sophisticated tools need to be used to measure the frequency with which local and remote memory is being accessed.
In summary, performance on NUMA systems can be very good, scaling up as more nodes are added. Some workloads may be well suited to the NUMA environment and require no changes at all, or just some simple placement hints to Linux, using the numactl program. Other programs will need source code changes to make the best use of the available memory bandwidth.
The numa library provides many tools for the programmer to control where programs are run and where they allocate memory. Finally, there are some applications that are inherently unsuited for running on a NUMA system. For example, if an application makes essentially random accesses to all memory, then performance will decrease as the number of nodes increases because progressively more of the memory references will be to remote memory. In a system with only two nodes, about 50% of the random accesses will be to the local node, but on a sixteen node system almost 94% of accesses will be to remote memory.
Excellent introductory article.
I will be keeping this in mind while designing a new application.
I always wondered if there was a way to control aspects of NUMA.
I now have a starting point for researching these NUMA control techniques.
I'm curious if there is any support in the Linux kernel for an application to be profiled so that the NUMA model it uses is based on some kind of empirical data. It seems that right now it is up to the application writer to have some understanding of the memory usage behavior the application has in advance. I suppose that each application could provide command-line parameters to select a model, but it would be really great for the application to "observe itself" use memory and adapt dynamically. Do such things exist right now?
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is returning to the public stage with her first speaking events since leaving the Obama administration.
Clinton is scheduled to speak Tuesday at the Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards in Washington, D.C., an event honoring women leaders around the world. A Clinton spokesman says it will mark her first public speaking event since leaving the State Department.
On April 5, the former New York senator and first lady will address the Women in the World Summit in New York, an annual event focusing on challenges faced by women and girls around the world. Clinton has addressed both organizations previously.
Clinton is scheduled to address The Economic Club of Grand Rapids, Mich., on June 17, organizers said. The event will be closed to the press.


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What takes less time, Torts' presser or Bickel's ice time?
cheers..still enjoying this one. it may even last a lifetime. or at least til saturday
Or me going the men's room after holding it in for three OTs?
pretty sure Tortorella spoke for more than 3 and change tonight
Normally I'd say Larry Brooks' computer is a perfect substitute for a toilet.
Quite a relief there Carp, eh!? ;-)
lol funny stuff here late at night …
This was complete amateur-hour … any halfway-decent team would have finished off the Caps in regulation:)
Lloyd Braun May 3rd, 2012 at 12:56 am
by the way, I'm not 26. don't know where that came from but I'm a bit older than that
Hey Miami
Tell cancer that it was a total bush-league move on its part to infiltrate a body of a clown like yourself!
Wishing you a healthy life ahead.
I was wondering where you were , Pimp!! I expected you to post that right after the winning goal was scored!
BALLS as big as a building, C3!!! A BIG building!!
what a friggin game. mitchell got his first 5 shots of the playoffs tonight, finally he did something.
girardi is such a stud it is sick…
mcdonagh 53 minutes wholy s–t.
staal rounding into shape.
need Dubi back… imagine if Sauer was healthy!!!!!!!!!
You kept pretty calm tonight, Tiki – I'm proud of you! :-)
>>>what a friggin game. mitchell got his first 5 shots of the playoffs tonight, finally he did something.
And don't forget that blocked Carlson shot!!
More importantly, why hasnt Avery posted a new instagram recently?
Thanks Jimbo. Either I continue to dwell on bad stuff or I put it behind me and move forward. If I always dwell on every bad thing that happens, Im going to figuratively kill myself and everyone around me.
this feels like a cup team!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
epic win first in a long time for the franchise…..
stuart!! This definitely feels like a Cup team! They win on the road, they fight tooth and nail for every win. They dont give in, they dont quit, they have it all.
Carp wit hthe first post game question for Torts, nice.
Tiki, they have a real shot. THis team is legit. Heard RIchards been involved with about 45% of there scores, that is a scary #.
Richards has absolutely picked it up.. need AA, or dubi, or stepan someone like that to take it to the next level. Hope dubi is back soon, don't laugh he is better then mitchell, rupp etc……
they defend like cup champs, the offense is the big ????????????????????????
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We in the U.S. all know Unifrance because French films are the most popular non-English language in the U.S. In the bad old days, everyone had to ask N.Y. Unifrance's Catherine Verret for a pass (free) for the festival but only those who had actually acquired a French film that year were granted a pass. John Kochman took over and the rules changed so buyers could apply to the market for all film entries. John was recently put on part-time because of cut backs.
Now the New York outpost can boast of Adeline Monzier as the new U.S. N.Y.-based representative of Unifrance. She is also a founder of USiP (U.S. in Progress) a showcase at the upcoming Champs Elysees Film Festival (June 13-17, 2013) and at the American Film Festival in Wroclaw (October 22-27, 2013), Poland where selected U.S. indies in post-production are seen by the best of Europa Distribution (another organization Adeline co-founded and remains active with as she does with CICAE, the indie exhibitor network of Europe which is working with our own Arthouse Convergence to boost the independent film sector.
This is a result of a new General Director of Unifrance, Isabelle Giordano.
This article comes thanks to Cineuropa.org:
Isabelle Giordano (aged 49) was appointed yesterday as General Director of Unifrance, the promotion agency for French cinema abroad. She will take over from Régine Hatchondo, who has occupied this position since 2009 and who is to take over the management of Cultural Affairs for the City of Paris. Isabelle Giordano will officially take office at the beginning of September, during the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals.
Editor-in-chief, journalist, producer and host, especially for cinema programmes (Le Journal du Cinéma, Allons au cinéma ce week end, Le Fabuleux Destin de..., Une année à Cannes, Jour de fête etc.) for about twenty years, on television (Canal+, Arte, France 2 and France 3) and radio (France Inter), Isabelle Giordano is a well-known figure in the French cinema industry. She has also written, among other things, a biography of Romy Schneider and created the organization Cinéma pour tous, which organizes film screenings in deprived areas. She was also vice-president of the CNC's commission for subsidies for the distribution of films for young audiences.
Contacted by Cineuropa, the President of Unifrance, Jean-Paul Salomé, commended this appointment. "Her knowledge of artistic talent is an important asset. Isabelle Giordano is quite close to directors and actors. She has an interesting profile. She notably produced a show called Service public on France Inter and I like her desire to serve the general interest. She is also widely familiar with political networks at a high level. And at a time when French cinema is regarded with a slightly distrustful eye by the political world in general, it is important to defend our ideas by having someone who has connections, a network, and at the same time the ability with which to express important things gently but firmly. This will blend well with my character and help to defend the cause of Unifrance very effectively."
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Brighton Music Tunnel
Contact DetailsMadeira Drive
East Sussex
Brighton Walk of Fame
The Brighton Walk of Fame is the first ever official walk outside of Hollywood .The cultural attraction is located at the prestigious Brighton Marina where it is displayed in a trail of 100 specially carved plaques bearing the names of stars and personalities from across the historic, creative and sporting spectrum all of which have close connections with the city. The Brighton Walk of Fame has been a resounding success and regarded as a Brighton Institution
see website: The Walk of Fame
The Brighton Music Tunnel
An artistic memorial to a historic Brighton music venue and music artists associated with the city was unveiled by 'The Who' front man Roger Daltrey on May 25th 2010. 'The Who' were just one of numerous legendary bands who took the stage at 'The Florida Rooms', one of Brighton's hottest music venues back in the 60s once located in the building that is now the Brighton 'Sea Life Centre'. The 80-foot-pedestrian tunnel linking the Centre to the beach-side of Marine Parade has been given a unique artistic makeover by art students from the University of Brighton featuring music artists past and present closely associated with the city in the form of a mural art
see website: The Brighton Music Tunnel
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You know that feeling when you've found just the right spot to camp for the night, and you crawl out bleary eyed stupidly early in the morning... to be greeted by something absolutely soul stirring. One of those moments when you really think 'this is why I do this'.
I'll start, this was on Manitoulin Island in Ontario.
Opening the tent and seeing this was.. memorable..
and then here is where I spent the next night, closed the hatch and tried to hide from mosquitoes.. did not work.. not even slightly..


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As we have had literally two weeks of heavy rain in the area imagine my delight when I awoke to see almost dry conditions this AM. It was a little cold (37 degrees) but I thought I'd give it a shot. I've been riding on the trainer for the last week so a little fresh air would do me good.
I set off full of hope but 15 mins into the ride the heavens opened up and we had a good old-fashioned snow-rain mix. Some other brave souls were out there too. We gave the all-knowing nod as we passed each other. The nod that says "we must be crazy in this weather":
After 5 miles of riding the MTB on the road, I finally reached the trail-head.
I was riding my Motobecane Fantom from Bikes Direct. I have to say that the bike is the best $799 I have ever spent on cycling. Its stong, relatively light, 30-speed (overkill-I know) and holds my weight like a champ. I bought the bike in the fall and have around 500 trouble-free miles on it. Highly recommended. However, I need to get a cadence dongle for my garmin becasue as soon as I enter the heavy woods, I lose GPS reception and the garmin thinks Ive stopped.
After 4-5 miles of riding the trails I headed home. That's when Mother Nature really threw the wrench in. It poured freezing rain for the 5 miles home and the descents were brutal. The cold felt like a migraine through the helmet vents - even with the skull-cap on.
A river runs through it - fun riding the rain rivers all the way home.
All in all, I rode 15 miles but it felt a lot farther due to the wide-tires and extra weight of the MTB bike. Lots of fun though.
I just thought I'd post my ride report as I've been lazy lately with posting pics etc. I always mean too but don't get around to it.
Perhaps my brief report will help in motivating people in these winter months


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The Arizona Cardinals re-signed fullback Reagan Maui'a and waived injured fullback Charles Ali on Monday.
Maui'a (6 feet, 265 pounds) rejoins the Cardinals after being released on July 30. He originally signed with the Cardinals on Aug. 5, 2009, during training camp and was released in the team's final roster cut last year. He re-signed with Arizona on Jan. 21, 2010.
Maui'a started two games in 2008 for the Cincinnati Bengals and was inactive for three others after being claimed off waivers from the Miami Dolphins in 2008. He originally entered the league with the Dolphins as a sixth-round selection (181st) in 2007 out of Hawaii. He appeared in all 16 games as a rookie with the Dolphins in 2007 with nine starts and had four carries for five yards.
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EDGAR - Archived datasets
EDGAR v4.1 (19 July 2010) In EDGARv4.1 emissions are calculated for (1) direct greenhouse gases, (2) ozone precursor gases and (3) acidifying gases. For each group an overview table presents the status of data available for download. Major differences between v4.1 and the earlier EDGAR dataset v4.0 consist in (a) an update of the greenhouse gases (More info: Main differences between EDGAR version 4.1 and 4.0) and (b) an addition of the traditional air pollutants.
EDGAR-HTAP_V1 (June 2011) The EDGAR- HTAP project compiled a global emission dataset with annual inventories for CH4, NMVOC, CO, SO2, NOx, NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BC and OC and covering the period 2000-2005 using, to the extent possible, official or scientific inventories at the national or regional scale that are likely to be acceptable for policy makers in each region of the world. Thereto the following data sources were selected: EPA for USA, EMEP for the rest of North America, West and Central Europe, and Russia, GAINS for China and REAS for rest of Asia and EDGARv4.1 for the rest of the world. The emission inventories were gridded with the EDGARv4.1 proxy datasets.
EDGARv4.0 (published in 2009) includes country- and sector-specific emissions of the greenhouse gases: CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs and SF6. With a technology-based approach this dataset combines scientific information and data from international statistics on energy production and consumption, industrial manufacturing, agricultural production, waste treatment and disposal and burning of biomass to provide a complete historical emission trend from 1970 until 2005 for all countries in the world in a comparable and consistent manner. The emissions are gridded for each of the gases and all years.
EDGARv32-FT2000 (published in 2005) comprises global anthropogenic emissions for the year 2000 of Kyoto Protocol greenhouse gases CO2, CH4, N2O, and F-gases (HFCs, PFCs and SF6) and of the air pollutants CO, NMVOC, NOx and SO2 (precursor gases for ozone and aerosols). The dataset is based on the EDGAR 3.2 estimates for 1995 and prepared by trend analyses at country level for each standard source category of EDGAR 3.2. (Olivier et al., 2005). Dataset developed by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP, former RIVM)) and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC).
EDGARv32 (published 2001) provides emission of direct greenhouse gases for the 1970-1995 period and for ozone precursors and SO2 for the 1990-1995 period by country and on 1x1 degree grid (Olivier et al., 2001; Olivier and Berdowski, 2001). Dataset developed by the National Institute for Public Health and Environment (RIVM) and the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO).
EDGAR-HYDE (published 1999). Based on EDGAR v2 and the History Database of the Global Environment (HYDE) global anthropogenic emissions for the period 1890-1990 by 13 world regions and on 1 x 1 degree grid have been constructed (Van Aardenne et al., 2001). Dataset developed by the National Institute for Public Health and Environment (RIVM) and Utrecht University (UU).
EDGARv2 (published 1996) provided global annual emissions for the year 1990 of greenhouse gases, precursor gases and ozone depleting substances by country and on 1x1 degree grid (Olivier et al., 1996; 1999). This dataset was developed by the National Institute for Public Health and Environment (RIVM) and the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) in collaboration with the Global Emission Inventory Activity (GEIA) of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP).
The mission of the JRC is to provide customer-driven scientific and technical support for the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of EU policies. As a service of the European Commission, the JRC functions as a reference centre of science and technology for the Union. Close to the policy-making process, it serves the common interest of the Member States, while being independent of special interests, whether private or national.


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Fri 1.31. Penn's Peak, Jim Thorpe, PA tickets
Sat 2.1. The Chameleon Club, 223 North Water St, Lancaster PA 17603 map & tickets (show rescheduled from 12.14.2013)
Sat 3.22. Hummel's Wharf Fire Co, 1869 N Old Trail and Mill Rd, Hummels Wharf, PA map, ticket info forthcomimng
3.29 – 4.2. Monsters of Rock Cruise – Miami / Nassau / Monster Island
Fri 4.25 M3 Rock Festival @ Merriweather Post Pavillion Columbia MD, with Extreme, Lita Ford, and Winger. 2 day festival, on Sat see Tesla, Night Ranger, Sebastian Bach, and more. Tickets will go on sale Fri 1.17. map
Fri 4.4. Starland Ballroom, Sayreville NJ tickets
Sat 4.5 Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville CT (free show!)
Sat 5.24. "Rocklahoma" with Twisted Sister, Jackyl and more, Kix plays at 10:10!! Catch The Fever Festival Grounds, Pryor OK tickets
Sat 5.31. "Ohio Bike Week" @ Mad River Harley Davidson, 5316 Milan Rd., Sandusky OH 44870, map & tickets
Fri 6.6. "Thunder Rock" @ Western Park, with Slaughter, Vince NEil and more, 300 S 200 E, Vernal UT 84078 map & tickets
Sat 6.21. "Rock The Falls" Sandy Downs Race Track, with Queensryche, Vixen, and more, 6855 S 15th E, Idaho Falls ID 83401 map & tickets
7.10. Lycoming County Fair – Hughesville, PA map & tickets
Fri 7.25. Halfway Jam, with Sebastian Bach, Royalton MN map & tickets
Thur 7.31. Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, with TESLA, 17225 Jersey Ave, Lemoore CA 93245 map & tickets
Sat 8.2. "Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ Fest" @ St Mary's Country Fairgrounds, Leonardtown MD map & tickets
Sat 8.16. Greencastle American Legion Grounds, 254 S. Carlisle Street, Greencastle PA map & tickets
Sat 9.13. "Soundwave Music Festival" @ Airlift Acres, with L.A. Guns, Trixter and more, 11039 Worcester Hwy, Berlin MD 21811 (Ocean City) map & tickets
Sat 9.20. Ram's Head Live!, 20 Market Place, Baltimore MD 21202, ph: 410.244.1131 map & tickets
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Anyways I'm rambling. Has anyone else noticed the differences?
Random observation
I agree that the whole abusive MIL thing's an issue, but it's just not the issue she's chosen to discuss with the internet at the moment I find the topic interesting, because my family sounds similar to her DH's and we're from nearly the same area.
For us, it's the same- my family pulls the "but they're blood!" card all the time, even though my sister is a borderline lunatic that sucks all the happiness out of a room, or my brother is a money-grubbing mooch. For the most part though, my family is normal and I get along with my siblings when I need to. My other relatives are pretty great too.
His family is messed the hell up. He doesn't know anyone on his day's side because he hasn't seen the douche since he was 12, and my MIL CO'd practically everyone else. Even my husband has little feeling towards his own mother because she abused him and his half-brother and chose her shit-stain BF over them time and time again. She was neglectful and selfish, and I will never forgive her for that.
So ultimately, it wasn't where we were raised, it was HOW we were raised that made it easy to care only about our nuclear family, and our FOO's as a forethought.
And yeahhhhh, as far as the abuse goes with your story, grind it into your DuH's head that MIL will never watch your children. Getting a counselor to say it will help too. In my case, anyone that punched her son repeatedly in the head while her BF choked him to the point of passing out, will never be alone with my daughter. Not even for a minute. I meet her in public once or twice a year for an hour tops. Any longer, and it will be me abusing her for being such a shit mom.
Supermum to Rogue (04/11) and soon-to-be Shadowcat (12/12)
Was your DH abused at all, or did his mom believe in spanking. I was spanked as a kid but i wouldn't call that abused. My DH was never spanked, but boy, was he emotionally abused! we don't believe in spanking our kids, and have made that clear to the grandparents. They are ok with this and have NEVER raised a finger to either of our kids. so its not true that if u spank your kid, you will also spank your grandkid. i think when you become grandparents, u get older and wiser and more mature and have to deal with kids less, so u are more tolerant to their shenanigans. also, you don't have the same "this is MY kid" feeling, so you'd treat them differently. did your MIL spank her neices and nephews too? THEN that would be an issue. Not very relevant to your question, but just thought i'd let you know that calling your DH abused if he was only spanked (occasionally and only for discipline, and was otherwise loved, respected and cherished) is not really correct.
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I have a contacts table which has a primary key of id. It also has a secondary index idx_id_del_user (id, deleted, user_id).
The following query uses the index and therefore is very fast -
select id
from jts_contacts
where id = '00000402-25c8-7375-e3df-4ec5b66de11d'
and deleted = 0;
1 row fetched in 0.0098s
However when I use the in clause the outer query goes into a full table scan. I am expecting it to use either the primary key or the idx_id_del_user.
select *
from jts_contacts FORCE INDEX (idx_id_del_user)
where id in
(select id
from jts_contacts
where id = '00000402-25c8-7375-e3df-4ec5b66de11d')
and deleted = 0
1 row fetched in 9s
Explain plan -
id, select_type, table, type, possible_keys, key, key_len, ref, rows, Extra
1, 'PRIMARY', 'jts_contacts', 'ALL', '', '', '', '', 1127275, 'Using where'
2, 'DEPENDENT SUBQUERY', 'jts_contacts', 'const', 'PRIMARY,idx_id_del_user', 'PRIMARY', '108', 'const', 1, 'Using index'
This table has 1.2 million records and the table was analyzed. I have tried it without the FORCE INDEX option, but it is still not using the index. Any suggestions on making this query faster?
Caveat: using a join instead of the in clause will work, however since this is a generated query from a existing product - it cannot be changed to use joins.


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May 28, 2016
Hattiesburg, Miss. Mississippi Supreme Court Justice James W. Kitchens and Randy Pierce will speak at graduation exercises Dec. 13 at the University of Southern Mississippi.
About 1,100 students will receive degrees during ceremonies at Reed Green Coliseum on the Hattiesburg campus.
Kitchens will speak to graduates at the 10 a.m. commencement, which will be followed by the 2:30 p.m. ceremony where Pierce will speak.
Kitchens and Pierce are both USM graduates.
Kitchens has been a member of the court since January 2009. He served three terms as district attorney in Copiah, Lincoln, Pike and Walthall counties. He also practiced law in Crystal Springs.
Pierce, a Greene County native, also joined the court in January 2009. He is a former chancery judge and also served in the Mississippi Legislature.
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Brooke's Story
It has been 2 yrs since my mom's death and I look at my 2 girls (age 5 and 3) everyday sadly that they'll never get to know Gramma Bean, her warm hugs and contagious laugh. My hope is that my pain won't be endured by another whose loved one can personally help or has the strength to find help to live a healthier life. To lose a loved one is traumatic; to lose a mother is heart wrenching and life-changing.


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Free Crochet Pattern from Lion Brand Yarn, formatted for input to refreshable Braille displays or Braille software
Seascape Stole
Lion Brand« Homespun
Thick & Quick
Pattern Number: L30227 Crochet this beautiful shawl in a jiff and add a bit of glamour to your wardrobe.
SKILL LEVEL: Easy (Level 2)
SIZE: One Size
About 16 x 30 in. (40.5 x 76 cm)
CORRECTIONS: None
792-404 Homespun Thick & Quick Yarn: Lagoon
'Painterly' color
Deep blue, emerald, and chocolate brown
Quantity needed: 1 Skeins
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Lion Brand Crochet Hook - Size P-15 (10 mm)
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1 button, 2 in. (50 mm) diameter (optional) 1 pin back (optional)
5 1/2 sts + 4 rows = about 4 in. (10 cm) in pattern. When you match the gauge in a pattern, your project will be the size specified in the pattern and the materials specified in the pattern will be sufficient. The needle or hook size called for in the pattern is based on what the designer used, but it is not unusual for gauge to vary from person to person. If it takes you fewer stitches and rows to make your swatch, try using a smaller size hook or needles; if more stitches and rows, try a larger size hook or needles. Making a Gauge Swatch
Exact gauges is not imporant to this project.
BPDC (back post double crochet) Yarn over, insert hook from back to front then to back, going around post of indicated st, draw up a loop, (yarn over and draw through 2 loops on hook) twice.
Skip st in front of the BPDC.
FPDC (front post double crochet) Yarn over, insert hook from front to back then to front, going around post of indicated st, draw up a loop, (yarn over and draw through 2 loops on hook) twice.
Skip st behind the FPDC.
V-dc (double crochet V-stitch) Work (dc, ch 1, dc) in indicated st.
V-hdc (half double crochet V-stitch) Work (hdc, ch 1, hdc) in indicated st.
V-sc (single crochet V-stitch) Work (sc, ch 1, sc) in indicated st.
Stole is worked back and forth in rows beg at center front.
Two different options are provided for fastening Stole.
STOLE Ch 23.
Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across - 22 sts.
Row 2: Ch 2 (counts as first hdc), turn, BPDC around each of next 6 sc, FPDC around each of next 14 sc, hdc in last sc.
Row 3: Ch 3 (counts as first dc in this row and in all following rows), turn, sk first st, V-dc in next st, (sk next st, V-dc in next st) 4 times, sk next st, V-hdc in next st, (sk next st, V-sc in next st) twice, sk next st, V-hdc in next st, sk next st, V-dc in next st, sk next st, dc in top of turning ch - 10 V-sts, 1 dc at beg of row, and 1 dc at end of row.
Row 4: Ch 3, turn, V-dc in next ch-1 sp, V-hdc in next ch-1 sp, V-sc in each of next 2 ch-1 sps, V-hdc in next ch-1 sp, V-dc in each of next 5 ch-1 sps, dc in top of turning ch.
Row 5: Ch 1, turn, sc in first dc, sc in next st (first st of first V-st), *sk next ch-1 sp, sc in next 2 sts; rep from * to last ch-1 sp, sk last ch-1 sp, sc in next st, sc in top of turning ch.
Rep Rows 2-5 until piece measures about 30 in.
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Fasten off.
FINISHING Fold top 5 in.
(12.5 cm) of the Stole over.
Closure A closure for the Stole can be made in either of the following ways.
Sew a button to top left front corner, at fold line.
Use a space between stitches for buttonhole.
Cut 2 lengths of yarn, each 36 in.
(91.5 cm) long.
Hold both strands together and tie a bow.
Attach a pin back to the back of the bow.
Use pin to close top corners of Stole.
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A post on Twitter where Joey Styles thanks Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon and Triple H for a very special WWE anniversary.
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A post on Twitter where Stephanie McMahon talks about her wedding anniversary with Triple H. She reveals what he means to her.
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A post on Twitter where Stephanie McMahon reveals that she was one of the many WWE personalities that were present at the ESPY award show. She happened to run into Ronda Rousey, whom ESPN deemed to be the best overall fighter in sports. The two of them maintain a friendship and hope to do business together soon.
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Stephanie responds to AJ
A post on Twitter where Stephanie McMahon responds to AJ Lee, who bashed WWE for not treating the female performers in the company as equally as they do the male performers.
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A couple of posts on Twitter where AJ Lee takes a jab at Stephanie McMahon because the WWE divas are paid a lot less than their male counterparts despite being more of a draw sometimes.
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A very mean prank was played on Ashley Massaro this week. Someone created a fake Twitter account that pretended to be Stephanie McMahon. The person then contacted Ashley and invited her to attend an upcoming episode of Monday Night Raw. Wanting badly to be involved with WWE again, Ashley enthusiastically accepted the invitation. Upon learning that it was a prank, she deleted the response. No further comments have been made.
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We welcome all to our church to worship, learn, participate, fellowship, and grow in their spiritual lives. Our regular worship service is held each Sunday morning at 10:30, and occasionally we have other special event services or programs.
In November 2010 Trinity Lutheran Church was decommissioned and Grace Lutheran Church was founded as a new mission church associated with the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. Deacon Steve Meier served as leader of the newly formed church group. For a brief time after the founding of the new church, the congregation of Grace Lutheran Church meet in Bristol, Virginia, in a banquet room at a local hotel. Soon a decision was made to purchase a small church building, and Grace Lutheran Church was moved to its present location at 338 Lowland Street in Abingdon, Virginia.
Abingdon was chosen as the home for Grace Lutheran Church due to the lack of a presence of a Missouri Synod affiliated church in the area and because most of the founding congregants lived nearby. Grace Lutheran Church operates under the auspices of Concordia Lutheran Church in Kingsport, Tennessee, and Concordia's Pastor Paul Becker is the supervising pastor for Deacon Steve. We are the sister church of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Elizabethton, Tennessee. Grace Lutheran Church is backed by the Central Appalachian Lutheran Ministry (C.A.L.M.) which provides guidance and support to our mission.
We accept and preach the Bible-based teachings of Martin Luther that inspired the reformation of the Christian Church in the 16th century. The teaching of Luther and the reformers can be summarized in three precepts:
- God loves the people of the world, even though they are sinful, rebel against Him and do not deserve His love. He sent Jesus, His Son, to love the unlovable and save the ungodly.
- By His suffering and death as the substitute for all people of all time, Jesus purchased and won forgiveness and eternal life for them. Those who hear this Good News and believe it have the eternal life that it offers. God creates faith in Christ and gives people forgiveness through Him.
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Align HR To Serve the Customer
San Ramon, California-based Chevron Chemical Co. has developed a unique system for HR alignment-a system it has used with much success. The process can be divided into three major stages. The first is identifying the customers' needs for HR products and services, and their current satisfaction with HR's performance of these services. The second is comparing where HR needs to go with where it is. Third, HR must create a prioritized plan that will take it to where it wants to be-a completely aligned function.
Successful alignment demands that HR first know its customer.
How can HR possibly ascertain what its customers want and need? Easy. Ask them in a Customer Needs Assessment (CNA)-an easy process for identifying, measuring, and aligning the HR function with customers' needs and expectations.
A Customer Needs Assessment:
- Identifies the HR products and services that are most and least important to the customer.
- Rates the customer-satisfaction level with HR's performance of each product and service.
- Helps show where HR is falling short in meeting its customers' needs, as well as where it's excelling.
- Establishes watermarks for other HR issues, such as communications, policy deployment, customer balance, etc.
This may seem like a fairly rigorous list of goals, demanding a complex series of initiatives. It's not. Performing a CNA involves seven simple steps (see "The Seven Phases of a CNA," this page).
Before plunging into the process, sit down and define the objectives and magnitude of your CNA. A cross section of the HR department may serve as a CNA team to ensure total involvement in the development stages, as well as buy-in to the results of this process.
Some of the pieces of the puzzle that should be discussed are:
- The direct sponsor of the assessment (typically HR management);
- The benefits of the assessment;
- What the end product of the CNA will look like;
- A CNA team mission statement;
- A deployment flowchart and timeline for completion.
Next, the team must identify which customers and HR products and services to include in the assessment.
This step determines who will be included in the assessment and what will be assessed. The decision is best made by the assessment team with the input of the entire HR organization, to ensure that no customers, products and services are left out.
When creating the list of HR customers, be sure to keep in mind:
- Persons or groups who directly benefit from HR products and services;
- Persons or groups who indirectly benefit from HR products and services;
- Persons or groups who could benefit from your HR products and services; Customers outside your company.
When creating the list of HR products and services, it's not unusual to generate more than 100 products and services. The assessment team may wish to reduce the amount of products and services to a workable number of categories, typically between 15 and 20.
Next, the best means for implementing the assessment must be identified. Options include written surveys, computer-assisted surveys, one-on-one interviews, focus group interviews and phone interviews. For large logistically diverse customer bases, written or computer-based surveys tend to provide best coverage. For smaller, logistically limited groups, interviews can be used.
With these preliminary decisions made, you are ready to design the assessment instrument. Two key areas to address in the survey include:
Customer profile/demographics. This allows HR to address issues particular to certain customer groups. However, it's important to avoid over-identifying to the point of hurting confidentiality and obscuring analysis. A rule of thumb is to exclude any demographic identifiers which may define a group of less than 50 customers.
Assessment of the importance and performance of HR products and services to customers. Assessment of importance identifies how much a customer values an HR product and service in relation to their business goals. Assessment of performance measures the level of customer satisfaction with these same products and services.
Customers' unaddressed needs and desires may be best ascertained using open-ended questions regarding customers' HR priority issues, HR products/services not currently provided but needed, and HR products/services currently being provided but not needed. Questions such as:
- What are the three most significant actions HR can take to help you meet your business goals?
- What should HR be doing that it is not doing now?
- What is HR doing now that it should not be doing?
Perhaps the most important step in the design of your assessment instrument is the pilot. The pilot will save significant time spent on reworking and clarifications associated with survey analyses. Based on the pilot, final revisions should be made, consensus of the assessment team obtained, and the survey finalized. With the survey complete, it's now time to implement the assessment.
For successful alignment, HR must compare where it wants to go with where it is.
Knowing your customers' future needs and wants is only part of the picture-you must also measure current HR resource allocation.
Data gathered in identifying how current resources (manpower, equipment, technology and finance) are being allocated will be used during the analysis phase to define over- and under-utilization issues.
Collection of this data requires an examination of how HR personnel currently spend their time, based on the same products and services evaluated in the CNA. This process should be completed by every HR employee within the scope of the assessment. Total HR costs can then be applied to percentages of time spent on products and services to obtain general costs per HR product and service. With this information gathered, you are now ready to analyze the data. Here are suggestions for interpretation of the CNA survey and HR resource allocation data:
- Review response demographics to ensure that representative samples of customer populations exist in the data.
- Compare importance and performance ratings for HR's products and services. This will provide two important data points. The first will provide a general prioritization of the HR products and services. The second will identify products and services important to customers yet falling below satisfaction expectation levels.
- Compare customer importance and performance ratings (gathered by the CNA) to current allocation of HR resources (gathered by the HR resource allocation process). This may identify under- and over-utilization of current resources in areas that customers find of high/low importance and high/low performance.
- Customer specification of HR products and services offered but not needed and needed but not offered may lead to conclusions regarding HR resources utilization and emerging issues.
- Segmentation of all of the above inquiries by customer demographics may be the most revealing of all analyses. You will be able to quickly identify those customer groups and corresponding issues which warrant preferential attention.
The team should be able to identify numerous opportunities for improvement from analyses above-probably more than the organization can possibly address. To narrow opportunities to a manageable level will demand prioritization of findings. At this stage, you are ready to embark on the HR planning process.
Once the customers identify what they need, alignment is a matter of connecting the dots.
Planning work activities based on customer needs and strategies is the key to alignment. A successful planning process must include phases for assessing customer needs, alignment with the overall business objectives, prioritizing aligned activities, and allocating available resources. This is not, as it may seem, an intricate, scientific planning procedure involving the latest in technology and a cast of thousands. Rather it's a simple process described as funneling, which can be completed with minimal resources in a matter of days. The "Funnel" process is designed to involve the right people, ensure alignment and customer focus, base decision-making on data, and use proven quality tools throughout.
For HR planning and alignment, it's necessary to finish identifying customers' current and prospective needs. In addition to the Customer Needs Assessment, important sources of customer input include:
- Face to face discussions with business partners;
- Long-term strategic business plan reviews;
- Short-term business plan reviews;
- Internal departmental development and improvement needs;
- Focus groups of customers;
- Field HR personnel;
- Pending legislation.
Aside from the CNA, the most important of these sources are discussions with business partners, from senior management to first-line supervisors. It is here that true alignment with prospective business activities begins. While these discussions should center around business needs and events, it is the responsibility of the HR tactician to translate business activities into related human resources issues. For example, a planned plant expansion may translate into HR activities including recruiting, contractor employment, training, succession planning, labor negotiations, etc.
In order to adequately prepare for planning, it's imperative that fundamental data is captured for each prospective HR activity. This data should include:
- A description of upcoming business events and associated HR activities; Source or driver of the business events (Who's the customer?);
- Estimated HR staff time required to satisfy the HR need;
- Other associated HR resource costs;
- Required completion date;
- Whether the need is mandatory;
- The impact that completion of the HR requirement has on the success of the company's business objectives;
This information then becomes the basis for the planning process.
Once customers' current and prospective needs are identified, there are five steps to the HR Funnel planning process.
The first step in planning is to consolidate and clarify customer needs. This requires an examination of the company's upcoming business events. It is important that all planning process participants (typically the HR management team) examine and understand each prospective business event and the resultant HR actions required. Participants must agree on HR activities required, resources required, completion dates and impact before proceeding to subsequent planning steps.
When a consensus is gained, the next step is to align with customers' business objectives. Alignment cannot occur by chance. Alignment only occurs when a conscious evaluation of planned HR initiatives versus the organizations' business objectives is undertaken. You must consider HR initiatives in regard to the business's primary goals. If an HR activity cannot be classified in alignment with a business objective, it should be dropped from immediate consideration.
You are then left with only those HR actions that are fully aligned with business needs-the Funnel has begun to converge items for further consideration, adding focus to those vital to attainment of business objectives.
Once you've weeded out HR actions that don't fuel the business, you can prioritize the remaining issues. In deciding which HR issues are most important, it may help to use such criteria as:
- The action's impact on achieving the business organization's vision/mission;
- Cost;
- Ease in delivery;
- Capacity to deliver;
- Timing requirements.
After you've prioritized the primary issues, you can allocate your resources. We all have limited resources to apply to prospective requirements, whether these resources are manpower, expertise, financial, or otherwise. As an example, consider that manpower is the resource to be allocated: Allocating resources involves calculations to estimate the total manpower required for completing the prioritized HR activities, total manpower currently available, and a comparison of the net manpower available to the manpower required for completing the planned HR activities. The result is an estimate of the surplus or deficit of manpower for completing all remaining planned activities. In order to finalize the HR plan, prioritized items must be deleted from the plan in order of lowest to highest importance until the resources required equals the resources available.
Your HR plan is now complete. The HR department has been aligned. The only action remaining is the actual deployment of the prioritized, resource-distributed plan. Assignment must consider personnel availability, expertise, capability, etc. to ensure completion and quality delivery of activities.
Gathering HR customers' needs and funneling them into a final business plan gets HR where it needs to go. For instance, one problem Chevron HR discovered in its alignment process was the staff's limited availability. To respond to its customers' needs, it assigned a staffer to uncover the root causes of the complaint. They discovered that employees' main problem was that it was difficult to find a live HR person-communication was too often conducted through sticky notes and voicemail. To become more accessible, the HR staff made several changes. To begin with, each staffer posted his or her schedule for all to see, including definite in-office times. HR also adapted its voicemail system to have a "rollover" function: if a phone rings three times in one office unanswered, it will "rollover" to the next office until the caller is connected with a live person. HR at Chevron is now on its way to fulfilling its customers' needs.
By combining customer focus with the company's bottom-line issues, you can continually improve your HR function. Successful HR planning and alignment is really just a matter of following the old business adage: Give the customers what they want.
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I have heard a lot of people say great things about the Topeak Morph pump. But that is one is not cheap, starts at around $ 26 i think. On the upside it can be your only pump, i love that it has a pressure gauge. Do you guys think these pumps can last long?
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Senators Specter and Harkin Offer Amendment to Boost Health Research and Services FundingMarch 13, 2006
Work begins this week in the Senate on the FY 2007 budget resolution -- the fiscal blueprint that sets limits for all spending -- and Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA) and Tom Harkin (D-IA) are planning an amendment to boost overall spending on health research and services by $7 billion above the President's request. This additional $7 billion in budget authority would be added to the FY 2007 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill that will be taken up by Congress this coming summer. It is this Labor-HHS funding bill that includes the budgets for the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
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Look At The Jackson Kids! (PHOTOS)Sassy Smith
The children of Michael Jackson, Prince, 12, Paris, 11, and Blanket, 7, were spotted out on a shopping trip with their nanny on Wednesday (Sept. 30).
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The Jackson kids were also with extended family, their cousins – the kids of Jeramine Jackson and Randy Jackson.
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LONDON (ShareCast) - Spanish gas company Gas Natural (Berlin: 38G.BE - news) has posted its financial results for the first nine months of the year, revealing that greater international activity has allowed it to make up for weakness in Spain.
The company saw attributable earnings rise to €1.115bn, 0.1% higher than in the comparable period of last year. Revenues totalled €18.418bn compared to €15.315bn in the first nine months of 2011.
Operating earnings reached €2.334bn and EBITDA (earnings before income tax, depreciation and amortisation) reached €3.827bn.
International activity has played a larger role and made up 42.7% of EBITDA compared to 36.3% a year earlier. Spain's contribution to the total fell by 2.7 percentage points to 57.3%.
The company continued to reduce its debt level to 52.9% at the close of September (€16.935bn).
Technical Analysis
Technical analysts at Digital Look have taken a look at the Spanish stock. They said:
"Shares of Gas Natural are showing a bullish outlook after they were able to move above the 200-day moving average. The stock is now consolidating at the wait for new buy orders to appear and confirm a medium and long-term trend reversal. First (OTC BB: FSTC.OB - news) we need a close above €12.47, which is not too far above. Accumulation levels back the possibility of a new bullish rally in future sessions," they said.
"We expect to see a continuation of the gains towards €13 in the following months. However, the stock may test support at €11, the 200-day moving average. This is one Ibex component that we will keep our eyes on."


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We always knew the people of Charleston were really, really, ridiculously good-looking. Now there's list based entirely on subjective opinions that proves it.
According to the Travel & Leisure Magazine's America's Favorite Cities 2010 list, Charlestonians are the most attractive people in the country. (It probably didn't hurt that residents voted themselves No. 1, as well.)
The Favorite Cities list ranks 35 U.S. cities on their culture, shopping, restaurants, nightlife, among other criteria.
Charleston was tops in four other categories: B&Bs/Inns, Noteworthy Neighborhoods, Antique Stores and Stylish Boutique Hotels. The Holy City didn't fare so well in Business Hotels (26), Wild weekend (21) and Ethnic food (21).
The cretins in Memphis were on the opposite end of the looks scale, yanking the title of least-attractive from the craggy-faced masses of Philadelphia.
Charlestonians were also ranked friendliest, one spot ahead of those nerds in Savannah. IN YOUR FACE!
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Rob Seay has been hired as the academic adviser to students at The Art Institute of Charleston. Previously, Seay was the associate dean of students at Brevard College in North Carolina.
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The Columbus Museum of Art is ready to expand again.
The museum presented renderings of a $37.6 million dollar expansion project to the Columbus Downtown Commission on Tuesday.
It will renovate the Ross Wing and lobby and add 50,000 square feet of new space to the east end of the building.
The addition will be used for special events and features a full-service restaurant and more space to house the museum's permanent collection.
The museum will pay for the renovations using money raised through its Art Matters capital endowment campaign.
Groundbreaking is expected to happen this spring.
The upgrade is the third and final phase of a multi-year expansion plan.
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Westlake Village-based storage software maker CaminoSoft has signed a new deal with CA, saying today that it has extended its technology OEM licensing agreement with the firm. CaminoSoft said that CA will incorporate NetWare supports into its BrightStor HSM solution, using CaminoSoft's HSM technology. CA had earlier tapped CaminoSoft's technology for its BrightStor HSM tool for Windows 2000/2003. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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